The New York herald., 1869-11-30
HE OLD 0FISnY" STORY.

The Great Sea Serpent-Interviewing the
Man Who Saw the sSnaix'-A Mariners
Yarn.
The HERALD OF yesterday contained staten ent
Of the fact that Captain Allen OF the bark Scottish
Bride, which arrived here on Sunday is reported to
have actually seen the great sea serpent and its
young one on the 23d OF the present month. The
Commercial Advertiser OF yesterday thought that
Captain Allen deserved to be interviewed on the sub
ject and gives the result as follows:-
THE NARRATIVE.
Captain Allen Is "a DluI seaman, who has followed
the ocean profession for the last ten years. lie
Is the very type OF American SKIPPER and all the
statements he makes In regard to the serpent are
worthy OF belief. lie states that the 23d OF this
month. when In latitude 3s l6, longitude "a 90, he
descended to his cabin at about noon. He was Just
about eatlng his dinner, wnen his second mate de-
scended the cabin stairs and, in an excited manner,
ing the ship had sprung leak or that some other
dire mishap mad Defalen them, he dropped the
tempting morse r,v SeioIe alm nm ana rasned ,n up;
crew assembled on the starboard side OF
the vessel looking with awe-stricken faces
into the water. Not Knowing the meaning OF their
strange conduct he also went there and sight met
his eye the memory OF which Will never fade. Dur
ing the morning the weather had been rather blus-
terng. The wind had been blowing from ''a quar-
ters' ut the same time but now there had come
calm, and the water was quiet and as clear as glass,
although the sky was covered with dark, heavy
Clouds that threatened to burst forth into dcluge
at any moment. Upon approaching the side Of the
ster such as he had never seen before. 1t
was about twenty-five feet in length and pro-
portonatey tnick; It's head was very large and
Nat, while at eacn side, on the extreme edge,
were set two bright scintillatlng eyes, which, ne
says looked dangerous ana wicked. ltS back was
covered with large scales, Ike the crocodile, about
three inches In length, which hooked together and
formed an impenetrabe arinor. Its belly was OF
tawny yellow color, and altogether hideous II was
accompanied by smaller specimen OF its own
species ana may have been Its offspring TINS was
but few feet In length, but IN shape color closely
resembled the larger one Win the usual superst
ton that always takes hoid Of this class, the sailors
regarded the serpent with o sort OF religious horror
ano all the Efforts OIL the captain to have them make
some attempt to capture II were aportive. They
looked upon 1t as something supernatural, and
were not disposed TO medue with IT,. The tning was
about four leet from the vessel, was lying but few
Ieet below the surface or the water and easily
discernible to all on board. Ine captain gave
orders TO nave boat lowered TO attack the monster
bat In tue meantime The attention VI the smaller one
was called to the presence OF the vessel 1t raised
Its head few inches above the surface and then
went toward It's larger friend and seemed to tell 1t
OF the circumstance, bur whatever transpIred be-
tween them the larger one raised lis head as though
TO Investigate its surroundings, ana tnen, with
easy motion, 1t dropped into tho ocean. In dis
appearing 1t went head downward, and IFS
body described circle ike a HOOK ITS tail
raising out OF the water. which, the captain says,
tapered OF to sharp point. The calm that had
bcset the vessel Ia Ghe morning now gave place
to strong northwest breeze, that as night closed
around, burst into Storm, accompanied by vivid
lightning and rolling thunder. The snap was tossed
about by the relentless waves, winch ever and anon
broke over her with relentless fury, aud during the
whole OF this fearful night the sailors would not 20
on deck without lanterns, such was their fear OF
meeting the monster, Now and then they would 20
10 the captain and ask his opinion on the proba-
bDity OF that occurrence; but he, beng no wiser