Mardi Volume 1 Chapter 48 - Something under the Surface

In which a wondrous assembly of diverse fish surrounds the vessel, their silvery ranks glistening beneath sun and moon as they accompany the travellers with an almost indifferent gaiety. Yet this aquatic revelry is soon shattered by the sudden menace of a fierce predator, whose fearsome pursuit sends the shimmering host scattering in desperate flight around the fragile boat.