Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-07-22
TIE SEA SERPENT
There nte more thing, IN Heaven and E,,,h rro,,,;
Ihah hre dfeamt OF IN our plilnannI1. ~ '

,hefe are more things Heaven and sar,h rfora,;o
80" "sdfeams oil IN oar phiosnphy !"
iacredality III relation to the existence or ,his
monster OF the Sea, and rdcule Of those. who have
heretofore announced his appearance on onr coast
are fast yielding to the eloal Of Witnesses who
'a'e recently g'zed deliberately iot hnars al no,
ono oil the brood, but shoal of them, as tbcv som
ooiid and sporlcd in their native element. We
'ooh 10 'fe ehterprsalg seamen Of the Nor,hcru
coast Tor good account of at least enc If ,hes.
'""'se ''S''ah's' 1t woud be n rarer curiosity
I'm" the stuffed Mermaids winch haxe brc, ,,,,,,
iaeored TO dupe the witless crowd. and ,;,.h.,
p''1e than many the gold mines of winch ,nr
Georgia brethren have recently deprived O,,oIlv
OF coufse their laJian neiehl,ors
The tact of the existence of the Sea SERPENT ne
ing now generally credited, the antlqua,.,ns have
looked 'aio The early history of his race. and hav.
furnished us with some interesting nemor,n,I, az,
'He subject. The first aceouo, We have of IA.
monster is about the middle of tue eighteenth .,u
Jury, when he was seen by Pan.oap.Iun B,sbon
9i bergen |" Norway, audby Capt Dc Ferry ol
the Swedish navy. Their deselin;ion of Inn, "a,
very similar to that now given, the only material
variations being, l5t, as 10 his length, which the
bishop estimated at COO feet instead of from 80 10
ioo, us he IS now dcscribed-and lly, IN rclot,or
TO name, which the Bishop gives him, but which
Is moi now visible In IL end lis, he was seen
IN the Bay ofPenobscotby Capt. Elca4sr Cra5trec.
anu IN l793 by the same sentlem IN. In I1s1 no
was seen near the same place by Capt I.il,le. Of
Tue American navy, and other persons ami IN
1871 by the Rev. Mr. Cummings and othcry. near
Long island-@iter which we hear nothing more OF
The monster until 1915, when he was again seen at
Plymouth, by MIR. Finney, a respectable old
whd'esmatl. Since tho last named period he ma,
oeeh frequently visible on various points of the A.,
''h''c coast though until his late visit, his exis
teHce was doubted, and the narratives of those who
iaa seen him were regarded by some as al ocryph,l
Az! ny others as untrue, and attributed to ho,ll,
nations OF the sight, to winch appearances in the
water are SO favorable, All doubt, however.
seems now tob at an end, and the handy n,riucrs
% the NV England coast arc making Efforts to kar
pooa at least one Of the species, and bring him
cad or alive, 10 the land. The capture of one OF
them would enable the Naturalist 10 make a yalua.
bic addition to the history OF marine animals, md
we therefore hope that they may succeed in thcu
efforts. The outer oat Of these Scrpcnts, howcy-
ever, AS far as We enabled 10 form ap opinion
by the unsuccessful efforts heretofore made to re-
netlsto it wlh mIstet b1Is can scarcely be aztec.
ted bya blow from an ordinary harpoon, though
VIC doubt DOT the inventive genius Of Yankee
Iani' will speedily discover a more potent engine
OF destruction Indeed, We sec il stated altcndy
that DR.. ScudIer, Of New York. the nyentor OF
filse eyes and ears, has prepared machine, which
he denomlnates " combustlble harpoon,' for his
capture, ard that he has gone TO the scene Of
action to make the experiment. Success to ham