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' Guilty ! ' 



' Correct ! You can come out. We hung him an 

 hour ago.' 



The jury took theirs ' neat ' ; and when, after a 

 few minutes, the pleasant village returned to its former 

 tranquillity, it was ' allowed ' at more than one saloon 

 that ' Mexicans'll know enough to let white men's 

 stock alone after this.' One and another exchanged 

 the belief that this sort of thing was more sensible than 

 ' nipping 'em on sight.' 



When, before sunset, the barkeeper concluded to 

 sweep some dust out of his poker- room back door, he 

 felt a momentary surprise at finding the missing horse 

 dozing under the shadow of an oak and the two lost 

 donkeys serenely masticating playing-cards, of which 

 many bushels lay in a dusty pile. He was reminded 

 then that the animals had been there all day." 



The sea-serpent ! Here is a clear description of 

 this celebrated denizen of the deep, as given by Colonel 

 E. Maude in his reminiscences J : " Captain Richard- 

 son, of the brig Abeona, has favoured us with a curious 

 and interesting memorandum of his rencontre with the 

 great sea-serpent. He writes : * On September 4th, 

 in lat. 38 15' south, long. 12 55' east, about three 

 hundred and fifty miles west of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, spoke the ship Seringapatam, bound for Bom- 

 bay, all well ; same day, about 5 p.m., saw broken 

 water on the weather quarter, and presently the head 

 of an enormous sea monster appeared, about thirty feet 

 above the water. The head was long and narrow, 

 eyes not visible, from the tip of the nose about twelve 

 feet ; on each side of the breast .there was a white 

 1 See Bibliography, 29. 



