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Large shark.—From the captain of the schooner C. M. Ward, it was heard that there was a large shark beached on Jarvis Island. Its length was twenty-six feet.
(Manawa, 12/5/1870, p. 3)
Ka Manawa, Buke I, Helu 5, Aoao 3. Dekemaba 5, 1870.