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coiled, and extended from Riverdale to East- 

 ern Point Light. The latter is a revolving 

 red light, and it gave the semblance of life 

 to the one-eyed monster which constantly 

 blinked its great red eye. It pleased me to 

 call this imaginary monster the sea-serpent. 

 Gloucester owes her growth to the sea, and 

 she might well take on the shape of the sea- 

 serpent. 



When the danger-signals were up, the 

 Outer Harbor was crowded with craft of all 

 kinds. At night time the tossing lights on 

 the vessels contrasted strangely with the fixed 

 lights on shore. 



The twin lights on Thatcher's Island could 

 be seen from the Eyrie, and I often wondered 

 if these lights were necessary. To the middle 

 of November I had seen the sea only in com- 

 paratively fair weather, when it was on its 

 good behavior. Afterward a storm that 

 wrecked my tent, and brought in its wake huge 

 waves that thundered against the headlands 

 of Cape Ann, caused me to wonder in another 

 direction. It seems incredible, but it is a 

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