MARK TWAIN AT SEA.
The Noleon Mail, of Monday, publishes the following paragraph:—"Among* few other thinge which Mark Twain know* a little about is our "French Pass," and having himself in 1855 served for a short time as a pilot on the Mississippi river, he was desirous of seeing the Pass.. Accordingly, about* four o'clock this morning he was called up just as the Mahinapua was abont to go through. Unfortunately a very swift tide was running, and the steamer, not answering her helm as she ought to have done, was carried on to a sandbank, where she stuck for half-an-hour. The ex-Missis-sippi pilot 84id that the Pass was the most " tarnashun " place (oir Words to that effect) which he had ever been through—and he had travelled a bit in his time. No damage was done.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 9272, 25 November 1895, Page 5
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