OUR FRIEND LE GROS IN EXPLANATION.
The Ghat Sea Sbbfrkt. (To the Editor of the Evening Star.) M. lb Bbdactbub—je vais m'expliquer—that is, explain to you about le Grard Serpent de la Mer. Dans vdtre eontemporaire, I'Advertiser, me read that lea passagerg abord la vapour nomine le Durham ont vu (saw) le Great Sea Serpent. Eh, bien ! tout a lors—that is, for me, je crois (I believe) que best un caatird. Yous comprenez—ce qiie vous appellez en Anglais comme " Very like a whale." Ces brave gens ils avaient beaucoup » boire. Et cc nest pas de l'eau seul qu'ils boivent, ces Anglais! Mais une decoction tres forte manufacture par un brave homme bien connu surje norn de Pierre Hennessy—comme je les ai souvent entendu dire, " Come, boys, let us have a uip of P. 8." Voiis voyez— that was the reason leg passagers voirent (saw) double, and that le whale etait comme le Grand Serpent. — Acceptei, Monsieur, &c, Jbak x,s Gsos, Aloe", JVatif dcs J'es de la Manche. Fefrier 27,1878.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2821, 28 February 1878, Page 2
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169OUR FRIEND LE GROS IN EXPLANATION. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2821, 28 February 1878, Page 2
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