Show Legend L gend and Mystery I About Nevada Lake From the earliest settlement of Ne n Nevada n the legend of ot a gigantic serpent ser pent peni Inhabiting the depths of iyra mid lake loke has been told The serpent Is said loll to enter the lake through n 0 I vast ost underground passage pa extending from the ocean and aDIl is supposed to have hare existed since prehistoric times It nuking Basking ask Ing In the depths of the lake lilies It li lies ties In wait alt for tor luckless adventurers draws down boats bonts and canoes and de Ie- devours vours yours Its victims The legend has been Investigated In by many scientists nn and some contend that the serpent Is an nn enormous mass of worms that breed In the usually placid waters But Dut this o opinion is Jeered by Indian and the old white settlers who hn have caught ht fleeting glimpses of the mammoth mam mall mammoth moth snake Pyramid lake is an Inland sea ea eu of or mystery Situated miles from th thu ocean Its islet Isles swarm with alth Ith vast MISI I flocks of seagulls and onil The Tho lake receives receives' the discharge of tin tin- Tru Truckee kee river but Lut has no outlet outlet yet yf the waters are fresh and abound In trout and other fish |