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 were at the other end of the jetty; and search for the missing man was immediately instituted. The jetty was scanned high and low, and inquiries were made of all within hearing distance if they had seen anything of him; but his disappearance was still shrouded in mystery. Boats were secured and search was continued up the creek as the tide was flowing in. Constable Peirt's eye caught something suspicious looking close to the shore, and when W.p.c. Wilson and Captain England, who were out in one of the boats, were called to the spot to examine the object, it was found to be the lifeless body of Mr Hall stretched at full length and submerged about 6 inches. They drew him into the boat and carried him on shore, where all possible efforts were exerted to produce animation. They were carried on persistently for two hours, without success and then given up as useless. A most singular coincidence in connection with his death is this. It was the wont of Mr. Hall to speak of his feats in the water. He remarked to one of our representatives (and, we believe, had frequently made the remark to others) that he could do anything but one in the water, and that was to sleep. "This," he would say, "I must try some day just for the fun of the thing, you know." And it was a strange thing that he should sleep on the water; but it was the everlasting sleep from which none awaken.

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