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Cutting from “the Dailygraph”, 8 August

           Itmaybethatitwasfrightenedandmadeitswayontothemoors,whereitisstillhidinginterror. 

           Therearesomewholookwithdreadonsuchapossibility,lestlateronitshouldinitselfbecomeadanger,foritisevidentlyafiercebrute. Earlythismorningalargedog,ahalf-bredmastiffbelongingtoacoalmerchantclosetoTateHillPier,wasfounddeadintheroadwayoppositeitsmaster’syard. Ithadbeenfighting,andmanifestlyhadhadasavageopponent,foritsthroatwastornaway,anditsbellywasslitopenasifwithasavageclaw. 

           Later. BythekindnessoftheBoardofTradeinspector,IhavebeenpermittedtolookoverthelogbookoftheDemeter,whichwasinorderuptowithinthreedays,butcontainednothingofspecialinterestexceptastofactsofmissingmen. Thegreatestinterest,however,iswithregardtothepaperfoundinthebottle,whichwastodayproducedattheinquest. Andamorestrangenarrativethanthetwobetweenthemunfoldithasnotbeenmylottocomeacross. 

           Asthereisnomotiveforconcealment,Iampermittedtousethem,andaccordinglysendyouatranscript,simplyomittingtechnicaldetailsofseamanshipandsupercargo. Italmostseemsasthoughthecaptainhadbeenseizedwithsomekindofmaniabeforehehadgotwellintobluewater,andthatthishaddevelopedpersistentlythroughoutthevoyage. Ofcoursemystatementmustbetakencumgrano,sinceIamwritingfromthedictationofaclerkoftheRussianconsul,whokindlytranslatedforme,timebeingshort. 

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