New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-08-14

II The Sea Serpent has returned. He hes
wonderfully increased in length. being upward OF
ooc bundled feet lorger than last year. tie was
seen OF Boo;hbay b. the crew oil the schooner
Temperance MARY; bus, although IN such tee
total company. ne went Of. if We are 10 believe
he following from the Portland Bulletin, coa-
defabiy stigt II ne meek
Esssrs. Editors :-Oa FRIDAY last. while tae schr
rernoer.uce Alsry, Captain Einethan RogeTF, "Es
lsy.ng to Ia, l:ae parPose OF fishing aboat a m1e
ard ha: east If the Cape Cottage The attention 81
all hands ~es suddenly arrested BY what WAS al hr9t
taken 10 be shoai Oh p9'PoiSes, 'io''us ~ o.
Inc single fLr, through The water. some W RODS
rom The schooner. IL was noticed that they re-
rna,acd on the surface Of the water much longer
Than por,oi-es usually do, and that the iorein"s'
one seemed be standing m al almost perPendcu-
ar pusuun. - !; were, On tis lai!-b-aing suihe
resemblance In;ia oircer IN front oi MS CON.
oeny on ira ming Gav. Ga putting his glass 10 NJ
We me CAPTAIN was az once satisfied th1t ne Oh
jicfs m sight were not PROPOSES, but the hu1Tps OF
-cn,f huge s.s-inpnst-I ui.dnEing 'hrouEh us
xsier:-i! hne. that he had stumbled ufon 'ae ue
inAndous Water->nake known is ne Ora ."H',
Wishing 70 pat me matter beyond sIi cohu"'e'sA.'
n. hns;.d In. ioreseI and ran down IL! "itlh
some seventy five Yards Of the o.J-cts, when The
matter wa, made cerGn ty he srrp-nt raising Its
head al sasr twenty feet out ui the water apparently
.o recopnoi,fe. The head was Judged 10 be about
two y,,rcs long and had striking resemblance 10
that Of a pickerel. The body WAS somewhat larger
round llisn u uoiasses hog.heed, and judging from
the distance b-twe~H the humps, must nave been
orer too hundred feet hons
This rnev seem incredible, but the ere" OF tHe
Temperance MARY al concur III the statement ana
have made oath To tins effect before Iheophllus
Subbs, Esq. OF Boohbay. One OF the crew tair:
lob S;arliut1 who saw the Ses-Serpent when CT
Winter Hsrbor some five years since, states that ne
has no doubr this is the same monster. as the re-
.eubIance between the two, excepting as 10 size,
ia every way exsct-and il would be strange indeed
ii he had not increased in size during The lapse oil
five years.
Tie Captain loaded swivel which he had on
board with handful OF understanding no other
Gun u,i,h hin-and fired il at The head OF the ser.
o.ur. The sho, evidently took effect for TIC
creature threw lis huge tail into the air 10 great
birbt. apt brought il down again with such force
10 lash the water into perfect foam. He Then
Wheeled his head roand toward the schooner. his
eve dila,cd with rage, and made plunge beneath
the surface The men on baatd the schooner were
greatly terrified and had no doubt that he was gong
10 attack them; but strange 10 say, be did not again
appear that night.
, / have been told tina, his Snskeship has been seen
several times BY the fishermen from Cape Elizabeth
Some of the visitors at the Cape Cottage have also
had gimpses of him through spy-gias'; and Col.
Stephenson thinks il he had come little nearer, the
other morning, lie should have bad perfect view oil
him.
The Serpen, had probably been attracted TO this
quarter by the shoals Of mackcre that have recently
Visited This coast. The above statements may be
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