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g Independent Gazetteer or, the Chronicle Of
Freedom of November 11th and 18th, 1885.
g The Independent Gazetteer etc, was printed
daily in this city, by Eleazer Oswald, at the
coffee-house, where subscriptions at thirty six
shillings [were1 gratefully received. Price of g
single paper two-pence half penny" The copies
ofthe 'sGazetteer" before US are less than one
quarter the size Of the Mercury, and the paper
on which they are printed is Of coarse texture,
and has 8 very dingy appearance-resembling
very much the wrapping paper now manufac-
tured from hemp In the "Gazetteer" Of Nov.
IA, under the caption of Foreign Intelligence,
is given the latest news from London and Dub
lin-only three months old. We make the fol-
lowing extracts: 'A z3"9f
LONDON, August 24.--It is surely weak. and
ridiculous in any man to be terrified at the
threats Of the Americans, who are sufficiently
occupied in guarding against the depredations
of the original inhabitants, and auelling their
own disturbances; nor is it likely, deficient as
they are in strength, numbers and resources,
that they can for moment seriously intend to
carry on a var against this country.
Extract Of q letter from Dublin, August 10:
sit is said, that member Of the Royal Irish
Society has discovered the certsinty Of longi-
The mode would be deemed imperfect, if the
discoYerer did not accompany his calculations
from the state of the dark, as well at the lucid
intervals Of this planet. Under the conyic-
ton of this discovery, it is said that the cele-
brated Mr. Parker intends to accompany Mr..
West to the North Pole, for the express purpose
of making saltpetre at the extremity Of the
Arctic Circle" 5E-aA ..s.. .-
A young gentleman of the Customs in Edin-
burg has favored us with the following extract
Of q letter, sent him from Dundee, dated August
II, 1886:
ssVery little credit has been given to what
Pontoppidan, Bishop Of Bergen, in his natural
history Of Norway, says of a certain animal
called Kraken but if the declaration made by
the master and mate Of Norway ship now
here, whereof the enclosed is q copy, may be
depended on it will afford some reason to believe
that there is in nature such o creature as he
describes 5sts +. >
ssIt is proposed further to examine them and
the whole crew upon oath, and if anything ma
terial occurs, shall acquaint you"
ssat Dundee, the 18Th of .4ugust Before j.
R. Lamy, one of his Majesty's justices Of the
peace for the county Of Forfar, and Mr.. John
Guild, one of the present magistrates of Dun
dee, appeared Jens Anderson and MAIDS Jenson,
mASLSF anu uats u tue 1AHIShTSGla3 u DdStef-
ezer, of Norway, who declare, and it is further
confirmed by their several journals produced,
that on Saturday, the 9Th day Of this present
month of August, between the hours Of nine
and ten in the forenoon of that day, being on
| their voyage to Dundee, in latitude 56 deg Is
| min. N, about Is deg. eastward to the island
| of May, they, as well as the whole crew Of the
said ship, perceived, within less than one miles
distance to the south of them, what they con-
ceiyed to be an animal, called in Norway Sea
| Worm, o creature of huge size, emerging from
| the sea- That from its appearance it seemed to
| form three low islands, or sand banks, of o
greyish color That they conceive the length of
it to have been at least three English miles !:
That it lay stretched from s. w. to N E.:
That its breadth appeared to be about twenty
or thirty fathoms; that it was in sight fifty
minutes, and went down gradually, without any
remarkable agitation Of the water. From the
time of its ascending, and during its appear
ance On the water, the weather vas perfectly
calm, and it went down again as soon as a
breeze came on. The waves broke on those
parts of it which were above water as on q
| bank. The greatest apparent height it bore
above water seemed to be from two to three
fathoms."
Declared and signed before us,
J. r. LAMT, J. P. JENs ANDERSON.
JOHN GUILD, Magistrate MAIDS JESsoS.
From the above, it would seem that tn
&c Kraken'' Of Norway is the great grandfather
or near relative, of the wonderful sssea ssrpint
which occasionally makes its appearance Of
Nahant end Cape Island.