inclination for water, it was instructed in its duty to God and made reverences before a crucifix. With such a well authenticated story story as that we can not be surprised at Hill’s serpent, and well may we ask, with Tennyson: Who would be A mermaid fair Singing alone. Combing her hair, Under the sea in a golden curl, With a comb of pearl On a throne? The Houston Daily Post. (Houston, Tex.), 17 July 1902. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.