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THE SEA-SERPENT. 
they ’ll soon get a better, when, to their won¬ 
der, this pearl heyond price crawled out of an 
ice-bin, eating an ice. Forbes grieved most for 
the gay Miss Wood. He loved her well ; her 
matchless orbs he worshipped ; it was understood 
she would some day be a match for Forbes. 
None on board slept more that night, and, at the 
earliest dawn of light, they were very glad to 
finish their jaunt, by getting ashore in their boats 
at Nahant. 
They found Nahant in great confusion ; some 
were packing up to go away, others had come 
to the conclusion that it was quite as safe to stay ; 
some were for getting up an expe-dition to go 
and catch the snake ; others were in a great per- 
plexi-ty, and hardly knew just what to make of it. 
But Forbes, and Hunt, and Albert said, they’d 
catch the serpent, alive or dead. Hunt took the 
yacht direct to town, had her repaired, and, with 
four six-pounders, he hoisted sail again, to go 
down to Nahant,— but not to fish for flounders. 
Albert, Prince, and Forbes were ready with a 
