“Ya know the thing about the shark Chief? He’s got big eyes, black eyes, like a doll’s eyes ... Doesn’t seem to be alive ... Til he bites ya ...”
I read in another account that many of those sailors who perished in the water might have been save had the Chief of the Boat carried out his duty of ensuring that all the lifeboats had sufficient water and rations. Most of the drinking water had evaporated. (( I’m a landlubber BTW ))