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sufficiently utvituttied with the la •• of. stature, b. .
determine what she is callable of prodUciug. and •
what•she is not ? Unless the wan-hewers tau show
that it is impossible such an animal tan exist, they •
oda nothing for their ,cause. Their sneering, and
attempts at rillicult, Duty amuse a few imprificial
mii.ils. iliciipalde of deciding for themselves ; but
it ems weer tirrett likiutrch of truth. •
• We hod lately occasion to mention, on goisl
thoriiy, that a sea serpent had actthilly been Ili
sishere, a few years ago, ntl one of tar
[steads of Scotland, and dashed to pieces musing
the rocks, by s storm. mind thaw in part of it was
preserved iu the University Museum at Edin- •
burgh. Siree then we have sees! a Magnetise. pub- •
lished in 1808, in which this animal is mentioned as
having been then recently, Stranded. and containing
such au actoitut of it as must for ever sb salt incre-
dulity. The following is the statessel.t to which
we allude, which hilly confirms the information we
(sisterly published ; and we wily add that a gen-
tleman no« is t4e• Yotk assures us be resided
Nest the spot at the time the scrpent was driven oss
shore ; sod uitlissagli he did not K 141111131
-tritinatiLely tbettemisti4Nl +lab
those who did, and had access to know the bath
of every thing wad respecting it in the suljoissed
statement
• " At • rave' marshy or the Weruerian Nutmeat Hiattory
*oeiety, Ne. Peter Neill read the fkilutriee accooat of ibs
011Ue MOW Aso Serves., which was drives WSW: ois owe of
the Orkwey Islosido a few weeks ago :--
'" The sleeper- Morrow Arepeuss of Poltroppidwi, Lee
hitherto beer considered se a /oetime twowsoi. sad droved
' • kcal keb,laliw, soul • some' by mil eventide sae spite-
walk oateraluita, who haws affeesed is pay she erethtlity of •
the good thshop of Semen. Owe of those sloostere, tereence
(tesitignant, Noy I rot say, at the seeptietsm of the Llooreco
School), hes, effeesoally to prove its existence, bees heroos
moans I. effete himself so she ()tinsel Ishii& lie owe
imbrue at Rotheshwito. or Itorierat Buy. its Strossma, rear Oro
Shearers. It was SS feet hum; Lot the sail wined to hove
bete brolter by dashisse outtrog Ili. reeks; as it is ettleolded
to have been sixty tces to the whop. Where skiekest..ss
alight she emit of or Orkney beret, who* yrio korai; •
is • starved Enlist, posy. The head was not larger thaw"
eters, and Itstl two opiraclos or blow Istates...-Peows the Iwo
bang dare noritauUtt Aissisohts, ehtlehreo inches Iwo, (Ilre
mane tie...robed by rontoppidso); tame likaamists boar dts
sums pro fret resetublanco I. the silk worm rut Of 1 odui sea
Craw used iu .mouse. The ieriodee had the.. pair or
bus, oe rather paws; the Brat pair Ave end o half feet too&
with a juott al the distaste of foot' feet firms the bedpid•
Alas! • tempest beat lie caroms to pieces before roes are
ripe. could be collected; awl only a triormesa (alesirt Soo
f. et) of the hack base. and a whole paw, ate prewerved.—•
W. 'Anse, Ir‘sq M.P. has got flora, sod is le send tbent to
oar Ustverbity
There is on account now circulating in the pa-
pert, of a large monster of the serpent race having
Lately been *tett to Lake Ontario. • Two melt, Join,
Alatipai mud James Sigler. of Jefferson county. us ir
this State, and eight others, were on their way
Illikekshow, and whits within about one hoindred
miles of Niagara. ma they state in their affidavit
they discovered. at a distance of five or six hun-
dred yards, a body, in appearance like a burnt 10..
of twenty or minty-five feet in length; on ap-
proachingwithin thief or four hondrsd st
proved to be an animal appareolly osleep. When
within .bitty yards it raised its herd shout ton feet,
looked amend as an awfully ferocious manner. slid
then darted forward with great velocity. making the
water Ay in every diteetioo. and throwing column's
at a vertical Iseight-nf wren or eight feet with its
tail. •YAn.
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of the three. we recollect excited touch ridicule at
the time. But we consider the existence of large
water serpents as well established as any other fact -
in natural history ; mid if they do exist, what would
presvaggighgab front passing up the Gulf SW River
to Lake Ontario ?
•
THE NETHERLANDS.
The King's Speech as the opening of the Session
of the States-General at the Hague► on the Bill
inicaiit. The substance was giveu is TiaajMitou
PRESS of Saturday hut :
" Nubile sad Mighty Leeds—l eitgarience a hefty easisroc,
two at the opening uf the present &Isaias. to being able tat
inform you that our relatious with all the Powers coulters
to be maintained with reciprocal good uaderstanding. AS:
though the Doubles in the Levant sve created uneasiness, 49
well-fouuded hope of preserving the peace is still entertaial
ed. May Providence bless the efforts whieb lead to this otst
jest! May the Diviiie Goodness re-establids trsngrilMly
where trouble now reigns, and allow Ya to essjoy without la.,
terraptiou a blessing which is the best irksome of prow:
'Ay, ailed whittle must be dear to all who aiuerrely love their
country! •.
" The interior sitisatioo Af the kingdom offers iu 'cumquat
a favourable stew. The fear of a scausycrup is happily dis-
sipated la must of the pruritic's, arid we cos promise ourit,
selves aboodaace of provisioirs, amid at a moderate price. •
" Trade and navigation he.. sot diminished, and we can
cherish the hope of seeing there is (stow receive a•sew
crease.
" Notwitlistaadiog the favouralik ire of several
years of peat*, the situation of our omoofactures Burs out
present iu all its parts au aspect equally proiperuus; yet

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io • western (Invoice, shout one or two wiles, he
appeared to resume his former state; ow then re-
solved to attack him, mad accordingly leaded our
guns for this pat :assit-Antived iambi toward. •
him within gon whom hod a driblet view
of the animal, •ha lit loom 37 feet long. se
ft-et in diameter 411Mmillartl4 Omagh the thickset •
part of the . nolnaidel:isigh block voile.
which s mutket hal 111.41.41011allearet mar as mar
shots were well di . • totem, coo- ,
sternetion only ; he ' ' bilistie bet
a tremendous heed, abltiredlMMlt.
v -
solake—fregsently t illei , m*
red sad venomous loobidli ho
. ....
disappeared, we coatis**. - " * 1
lively oar es easy well be .. ~- • - , 10
whoa in asistion is serpentine.". . ~ 11 tub .. N, ! I,
We recollect well, twat übout movies Ewa=
years ego, there was a welkurthenttented .
of a similar animal wad to have been seen in Lake
Oaten% by three men in an open ail-boat. The
amasser gave them cheer, but being near the laud;
by the smistaisee of wind and oars, they just made
oat to save themselves by running ashore. The
stetement, t hough solemnly attested by the atfid erns
" .