The sea serpent appears to have shifted his quarters to the Indian Ocean. On May 21, in latitude 2 N., and longitude 90*53 E, a large serpent, about 40 or 50 feet long, grey and yellow in colour, and ten or eleven inches thick, was seen by the crew of the barque Georgina, from Rangoon, which put into Falmouth for orders on Sunday. It was visible for about 20 minutes, during which time it crossed the bow and ultimately disappeared under the port quarters of the vessel.
"Bismarck" says he reads the Alia carefully every day, because he can find in it all there, is in the other papers, except the lies.
Speaking of dancing, a clergyman hits the nail on the head with the remark that'" people usually do more harm with their tongues than with their toes."
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 145, 7 December 1877, Page 3
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139Untitled Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 145, 7 December 1877, Page 3
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