In the text it said, "My most terrifying experience? Well, one does have a few in thirty-five years of service in the Lights, although it’smostly monotonous, routine work—keeping the light inorder, making out the reports" (George G. Toudouze 1).
in the text it said, "But the rats had also seen the ship or had scented thecrew. As the ship drew nearer, a solid phalanx17 left thelight, plunged into the water, and swimming out, attemptedto board her. They would have succeeded, as the ship washove to;18 but the engineer connected his steam to a hoseon the deck and scalded the head of the attacking column,which slowed them up long enough for the ship to getunder way and leave the rats behind" (george g, toudouze 1).
in the text it said, "fireboat drenched the barge with gasoline. A well-placedincendiary shell from the patrol boat set her on fire.The barge was covered with flames immediately, andthe rats took to the water in swarms, but the patrol boatbombarded them with shrapnel from a safe distance, andthe sharks finished off the survivors" ( george g. toudouze 1).