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Four years after he went to London, Copley painted his great Brook Watson and the Shark (see color). The painting was commissioned by Merchant Watson himself, to commemorate a leg lost in a ship's accident in Havana Harbor. Copley used newly acquired techniques in putting the picture together: instead of painting directly from models, he began with sketches of the single figures and then combined their movements as as a choreographer...
Useful Hints. The report is not enthusiastic about the shark repellents that are included in airmen's survival outfits...
Sometimes they were effective, sometimes not. It warns airmen who carry "shark knives" not to expect much from them. Large sharks are almost invulnerable to such weapons...
...once a swimmer has spotted a shark, he should...
...spiritual director of the nuns, Canon Peart decides, under the prodding of the local legal shark, to sue for libel and defamation of character - he needs the money to pay for that dry bathroom which was necessary for the dignity of the parish. Suing the Sassenach and his newspaper seems the answer...