Journal of the twentythird day on board

25th May, 1999

We are above the 'Bank of 100 Onions'.
We can see Scilla to our left, the Straits of Messina ahead and the Eolie in the background.

The pitching of the Alicudi is strong notwithstanding the calm sea. Probably the ships passing through the Strait leave a long but constant wake.
Angelo Mojetta has come back on board in the role of Lancelot. The long sword he is carrying with him will not be used, however, to run through cavaliers, but to reveal, with a small biopsy, some secrets about the shark.
The biopsy consists of taking a small piece of fat (smaller than a grain of rice) from the dorsal fin of the shark. The test on the piece of skin, for those continuing the research, should reveal if the sharks of the Mediterranean have different characteristics from their cousins in other seas.