Still he would not let go his stick.  I sprang forward, and was just in time to seize him by the leg, when over he went splash into the sea.  At the same instant I caught sight of the malign countenance of a huge shark, which had undoubtedly caught the fish he had at first hooked.  I exerted all my strength to haul him in; for the monster, instead of being intimidated by the splash, made a dash forward for the purpose of grabbing him.  I almost shrieked with horror as I beheld the savage fish; but Jerry had just time, as I drew him up by the legs, to put his hand on a point of coral, and to throw back his head, though the shark's snout almost touched his nose as he did so.