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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 975, 23 March 1871, Page 2

An evening contemporary relates that one of the journals which rule the world of dress, concluded a recent des cription of attire with this remark : "With this costume the mouth is worn slightly open." By all means. A dropping lower jaw would be quite in keeping with the idiocy of some costumes. If we had to describe the Grecian bend \\ e should say, " with this fashion the forehead is worn narrow and receding." A very startling crocodile adventure happened lately to a Mr Graham, of St. Helen's cattle station, Mackay Biver, while crossing Alligator Creek, about four miles from his homestead. He was riding at the time, with Mr Boyde accompanying him. Aftei going a short distance through the water, his companion, who was standing on the bank of the creek, saw an enormous crocodile rising out of the stream just in front of Mr Graham's horse, and at once called out to warn him of the horrid creature's presence. Mr Graham instantly raised his legs, but to no purpose, for the huge animal reached high •enough to take within its capacious jaws the right foot, stirrup iron, and part of the leg of the astonished horseman, who, as might easily be imagined, had to exert all the strength he possessed to prevent being dragged oil his horse. Providentially, however, the stirrup became fixed in the mouth of £he crocodile, and, after some minutes pf agonising desperation to get his imprisoned member tree, Mr Graham had she intense satisfaction of seeing his formidable assailant release his hold, and disappear in the water. Except some injuries to the leg, and the tearing pf a leather gaiter, no other serious results have attended Mr Graham's gscape of being either crippled for life pr perhaps killed by the saurian's

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