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In short, in the act of putting out the hose upright Flores & Co. of his house and fardie, Mr. Coughtrie had felt, rent for the Surveyor General at 3 am, and that Officer, happily for the Government, left a sick bed and guided by the lightning reached Mr. Coughtrie's house, drenched to the skin. The "Foreman" as he has arrived it almost at his attention after a shock enquiry of the foremanero; and he was able by passing his hands all over them to detect the unfortunate position of the Rods upright standing in the air and presenting an intellectual screen against the passage of the waters. By this time the deluge had abated and perceiving that the gush of water now coming through the drain was small and could do no further damage Mr. Bowdler kept extending to remain by daylight, but before his return the Surveyor of Drains Mr. Watts visited the premises and detecting the position of the two Shonto removed their bungs, having the sewer as clear and free as it has always been.