The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-04-23
A Rallonn Fish.

The N r Herald has the following ae- count of huge sea monster recently seen of Cape Hattsras The miuuteness with which the animal IS described becomes somewhat surprising when we consider that it was not captured, not even touched
 he monsters of the air, forest md sea have been illustrated by great authorities as Buff fon, Cuyier and hgassiz. They have classified species, determined purpose, ch racteristicS and propensites of the lesser life, aud have even gone So far as to express the belief that Q monsters of the past nd present are known to the naturalist. The discovery of the fos oil remains of great hydrosaurus by Professor Warehouse Hawkins, but also in lhe appear Ance of vast sea serpant in American waters, of Cape Hatteras, on the l2lh inst, of which the Herald has full particulars
 At Q clock on the morning of the 18th of March the Captain of the Saisdin was on deck while his hnuds were below safely quart,red in their hunks enjoying those visions that hover over heavy eyeIids. MurkY and fogsy drapery ooacured the brightness of the sky. As the captain scanned the hUriz 3n he deserted what he considered 10 be a wreck on the Starboard beam, about five miles distant, bearing east. northeast. He immediately put down his helm and turned the Saiadins head to the east ward, hoping to overhaul the object and render what assistance might be necessary. The captain inserted his head in the cabin and called "Ali 1 Hands on Deck" ii Progress was made toward the point of in terest for few minutes when it VAS plainly evident that the Saiadn was overhauiing a huge piscatoriel pirate, which they soon law i was the most remerkabia specimen of mar,ns se'pant probably aver seen by Ire~Ad&mite man. The good Ssladin sailed on, steering due east Connection rsigned on board. Inc captain exclaimed, lis this dream Is this A dream ?"
 The seamen who had just been released from the bondage of profound sleep thought it was, | for there dead ahead sat an enormous fish. larger than ship, looming up in comparison with the Saadin az St Peters before EV:lage parsonage. The serpant was nakinr headWay about two kno:s an hour, and th9 saladin waE rapidly overhauling her. At half past seven the schooner hove to with the monster twenty | feet on her stArboard quarter. Then all hands strained their eyes from their sockets to zee how the monster locke d. Its architecture was very accurately measured, and the serpAnt was found to be 100 feet long, with bo v forty feet in length and tail of sixty feet. But the most curious feature of the monster was an im- mense body of hard griste matter twelve feet iu height, forty feet in width and the same in length, which was entirely void within forming la.ga bladder shaped balloon which, filled with air, buoyed the serpant oD thO water, AnG seemed to ts an agent whereby 1t could keep the surface and commit i!s depredalons either on commerce or the harmless tenants of its own element. This oval body had rrgalsr ridges running from the apex ahead-lor thls bia0der preceded the body of he fish towhers 1t join. ed the main Do 7. These ridges extended fore and aft, at intervals of touy Inches, with re gu. lar height of two inches, and gave 10 the sur face the appear ance of the networkof ba loon The bladder portion was elastic ana yielded to the moveu ents of the sea, and was two irche, thick, but of hard, dense, impenetrabe char acter that would resi- st knife or bullet, On each sids of this floating dome were two heavy paddles, each five feet long. by which tue mon- Ster ma ie progress. The h-h proper which vas orlJ an appendags tailed on 10 this b.oWn uE bladder, consisted of heavy 6shy substance with brown sides. and about ten fe from the dome were two eyesl cue on either side of g large horn.
 From this point the fish tspered to fOrkOG tail of material ss heavy aud as hard ss iron. Captain Slocum declares the tail would weigE 100 pounds to the cubic foot, and the forks O lthe tail stood horizontally in the water. buI