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Show AW REAL BE A SlIRPENT. j French Sailors Declare They Mrt Gnuma Ocfan Monster. The f-omr r.!,T of tho Freiicli cm-bo cm-bo it. lvchV r.po,ti to bin fflr itrnl In II:.. far . i-t tl at lie and III ofl ' " an I ire have reen a eenulno si 'i ferpetit In tlie !ay of Alonit. nenr I In : .t-.ri -.r. In Tonl In. About .t'il ynr.N heM,nd the V1-.-.I-I. nml on the port il. a lir . uniml. black msn n su.Ki t'ly :. ,-rve.l nrd those on board the iriinb'mt tiiok It for rock. l.nt'T on the sii.ro!i d rock moved, and i- tnkn to he a colossal tuille. Thru the mass sti -fhed out In vertical iliilntlonn. nrd what appeared l ho flnttenrd rerpint thirty meters, it ntnetyclcM feet. lonu. wan plaln'r vllble. The seriunt dived ti;-f before ti e een id nil on board. Ill"' It went rlcht under tho gunhnat. at:J rnmo up so near that tho doctor, tlio boatswain, nml several others, were able, by bending over the Kunale, tu ret a good view of the monster, o wan seen that the bond and neck wore tnrtlellke nml "nt the nl.ln wan dark brown, with rliin or patelien of ' low. It emitted Jets of vairy wnt' r nnd afterword disappeared In tho dli tanco. |