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 She verily believes he had a forked tail, but that hind-legs he had none. The man sat very stiff and upright, and continued his shouts (which from what I can make out from the Girl's imitations of them much resembled the war-hoops of the Indians), until he turned the corner by the Boarding-school, where she lost sight of him. But he was again visible to her naked eye at the foot of the hill; when some sleet falling, he wholly disappeared.

The poor Girl, exceedingly terrified, awakened the family, and was ordered to go to Dr., to take oath of what she had seen; which she did.

Being one of the first who heard of it, I bustled about, and got a good deal of information concerning the progress of the phænomenon, and think I can ascertain at about what rate he travelled.

As the clock struck eight, Mary Jenkins saw him on the brow of the hill.