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Show TORY OF A SUA SERPENT. sw It Knooked an Oarsman Out of Hli rg Boat. Mr. McNaugbton, as his narao slg-nlfles, slg-nlfles, Jg a Scotsman, and Is consequently conse-quently scarcely llkoly to eaggerato. Ho has ben visiting Clevelnjin, In Somerset, and rolates tho folljuarpjc V story of u strnngo adventure, pyS vv H Reynold's Nowspapor. X'W Indent ffl was, ho says, witnessed by 'rvftnv V, f, spectators? ? rfi JTfj Mr. McKaughton was fiulotly roVf- ) Ilw Ing In a Jlf'lo skiff about, a mile " I JV . Clovedon plor, whon a lVsna? W 4- Irct. which ho described aiV'-Hk j yj. nugo mummy, with largo sunken eyes ' U enveloped la a sort of hairy ' flaD." 1 suddenly appeared at tho roar of fl the boat, about 20 yards away, I It approached by a series of Imps I and dlvos, causing tho sea to bj greatly disturbed. Mr. McNaughtoh sayn that by plunging tho Viars Into tho surf ho, endeavored to keep hlj antagonist at bay, But his efforts woro only momentarily momentar-ily successful, in a few seconds It had reached within a few yaidB of the boat "I can only dimly rocollect whit hapjrmci," ho oontlnued. "Thq flab " b- raonhtcr soomcd to leap straight out of the woter ttralgbt as aa arrow Ut mo, 1 hardly know what I U4. I think I must havo ducked aud crash-ed crash-ed tbo oar into tho cxcatiye. .t ay rato I wbb flung VJoJeaHy !luto the wator. 'Wlien 1 rcgarnod tho surfco I njansgod to clamber Into tho boat My i?r. , anUMalst WM nowtwe h knowios tJiv, 1 did, I wsca"-.2- la reaching Pcitlshead." ' t |