Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-09-19
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THE WONDERFCL SEA Sl,RPENT
In addition to the information, which the APP
rearance OF tive sca-serpent III the waters OF
New England, has lately brought 10 light we
are enabled, by the poIitcneSs of DIR. RlitchiH
10 add The following interesting. par t.culars, for
the amusement of oar readers.
Copy If a ktter addressed 10 Dr. h|tfck;U BIZ oar
fGte Consul as BoTdeaur, noig IN the ITeasu;-y
department, I'm: Lee, Esq.
WASHINGTON, Sept. ,, 1917.
Ny dear siv--Ihc description Given ia our
newspapers of sed-scTpeHt, lately seen for
several days IN and about Cape Ann haTior has
brought TO my recollection one OF this SPECIES
On passage made from Quebec IN 1881
u, a schooner of about eighty tons Darthen
while standing in tor the Cat Of Canso, the isl.
ard Of Cape Breton being about fnur leagues
distant, one of the crew cried out " "A shoal
mead The helm was instantly put down TO
tack ship, when to our great aStof Isi,nsnt this
Siioai. as we thought TO be, moved off and as il
passed athwart tiIe bow of our vessel we dis
covered IL 10 be an enormous sea serpent four
tunes at least as long as the schooner. It's back
was OF dark green color, forming above the
wafer number oflitte hillOcks resembling a
cham OF hogsheads was then but Il lad aud
being mnch ter rified ran below TIL the monster
was, at some distance from us. l did not see
ms head distinctly but those who did after (
had lid myself in the cabin, said it was as large
as the small boat Of the schooner IreroIiect.
ed the tremendous ripple and noise lac made in
tile water, as he went oil from us, VIII ch
compared al the time to that occasioned by lie
launching of ship.
. My venerable friend, Mr.. -, of your
CITY, was u passenger with me AT the fiiris-
lie VIII corroborate this statement, and proba-
bly, furnish you with better description of
tins monster for well recOliect his taking his
stand at the bow of the vessel, with great c0ur.
age, to examine IL, while the other passengers
were intent only on thOir own safety.
AT Halifax, and on my return to Boston
when frequently describing this monster, / was
laughed at so inmoderatey, that found il ne
cessary to remain silent on the subject, to es-
cape the inputdtion of using the travellers
privilege of dealing in the marvellous"
la addition to the above. the following facts
are verbally communicated by the doctor hlnn-
self:
On the evening Of Sept. 9, capt. James Ri
ley was at ms house, and said that he knew
capt. toigcr, of Nantucket, who was occupied
on whaling voyage in the Southern Atlantic
Ocean, about ~ years ago. On the eruize, he
saw an animal OF uncOnmOn size, floating on the
sea, off the coast Of Brazil. Capt T. then com
nIanded a very large French bnIlt ship, and the
floating carcase was four five times as long
as his vessel. ltditracied hespcrmacetiwlIaies
who came 10 feed upon IL, and had eaten away
great portions of the flesh. lie visited the
huge body Of the creature, and satisfied him
self that il was an enormous crakeD. lie haul
ed all his boats upon it, aud his men assembled
i and lived upon IT as If il had been "A rock or
island. They remained on il and near il for
the purpose Ofkilliug the whales that came TO
devOnr il. In this they were so successful, that
by continuing there they took whales enough
10 load their vessel aud complete her CARGO
The back OF the ctacken was high and dry e.
nongh Tor them 10 inhabit il temporarily and
20 look ont for their game. And when from,
This point Of observation they discovered a
whale coming to make meal, they launched
fheir boats from the top OF the dead crakcn
snd made am easy prey Of him. The subsistence
ct the monsters body was skinny, msmbranons
sud aelatinous, and destiigte Of the fat and
bubber fog which the whale is so remarkable