, 1877-02-03
SEA-MONSTERS.
Two Tales Told by Ancient Mar.
fneres
a "Barpint Captures and Dsvoura a
Sperm Whale.
Another Attacks a Brig, aud Is Repulsed
With Bullets and Bombs.

NfB $9fE Hoffn.
Capt. Dsewar, Of the bark Pauline, Of Lon
don, who has Just arrived At Cork from . long
yoyaoc, fevors the puh.lc with tho following
account Of an occsn marvel:
Roquc. northeast coast Of rrs1i,, iistsnee twenty
wind and sea moderate. observed eomo black rpo.a
e. ne wstet and whii.h ,s ptlst .ems t!ty fscs
like about them. and the pillar pinnacle rock,
bls.snea Win ths .un. nut ths Pt',s. te't wth
alternately In qn!ek anccesalon, and good Rlaescs
I'll &c. assns a.: .sss @ .s :os re- .: as.s :eos ind
sfest Velocity: The! sank oat .! .,shs sss1y twe
lie alrnqelef of The whale and two other what.s
TINT sscse near. fransie VIII exettemeGt mste tho
ta sa n ns ,'. so:a asnss ssa FL
and nniscd with The tail portion, Of tho whale he
bnekwanis ind forwards. and iashlng the rates
fnrioutly II the last dealt, etrnegle. when Che
a~n e th o bo wi x.s sns
doubt, 1t was gursed at The eerpemt'n leisure; and
that inonster q monstsrs may haTe been many
nouthfui. Then, two Of she iarge.t sperm whaits
that hayo evcr seen moved slowly lhrnce towards
!caat noisc. bnt seeming que para'yzcd viii fear;
Indeed, q cold shtvcr went throush my own frame
poor Viii. tat had Sec Seemed - hcps.s II ths e. coils
uf tho rtc!aua monster ~ bird In the talons Of
hawk. Allowing for tive coils roand tie whale, l
and or feet In gissh: Il was In color much like
congcr eel: and tho head, from, the mouth being
Sody: i t. eur!ess tbat Tho whale, that lives On
the tmaflcst food Of any dsh in the ocean, should
g s..bs he sePpsat
whale as TINT oa.constractor can eousume
shs sea.scfpcnt. People think that as 50 many
vessels arc eonstantiy on the ocean It wonld BE-
sssnd 9tss nut tho n1eas soast of g,1x
for the growth Of rea-nonste!s. Tho tempcra.
ture Of tie air and waser IL seldom below 81 de.
6y 6 eorsi ri vii Or reef, md nanetons banks and
rsefs extend for 4 considerable distance from tho
land. whils there s.s strong and various eur,enta
aHs a1e. 70 seom 81 1' wi e
sam:ssnces ia i,s 70 a. home q g. ssassIpsat,
tana some portion Of that cunning mentioned In
Scripture. At least It has Wit enough not 10 leave
good feeding; ground md d. secGre homo to 60
/ think, Capc san Rogue Ia landmark tor
rho warm wstes Is also good so' its breeding; and
ina nsrnam o1ercd suitable reward for. the sef.
snLtah1c books baitcd with some animal md steel
wtro lines, would effect its capture while following
wroto thus far lttie thinking vonld eyer see
tho serpent again; but nt : o. N. July ~ in tho
sumo lalitnde and some eighty miles east Of San
Roquc. was a.toniahed to see tho SANG or saui.
lar monster. 1t was throwing ito llcsd and about
forty feet Of y body in horszont.l position out
our vessel. begnn masng viz We xsrs 20 p, much
that the band Of wh!tc paint, two feet wide
nbose tbs copper, might haya looked like ;
fellow serpent to 1t. and no doubt attracted Its
attention. 1t was put on to keen tile vessels side
ciefs and FREQ frtm bnrHoc]es, which It docs
| remarkably we'll; and II Tho agtaturx ahout lie
| dccp load line gain ttelr wteh, It would be both
nscful and practical 70 mark the yessea thus, In
place Of tisncufingl with plague spols that would
bo constantly rubbed of II thu st!p.pwncrA will,
| two competent snFyeyors 90 decided much NILS.
cry. uncertainty. and perpetnat lawsuits wcall bc
avoided. While thus thinking. was startled BY
| the cry Of s'Thcre 1t ID ngAst'" and thoEt ds.
tance 10 tho eewhra. clcSatea aomo sixty feet In
the or, wss tho great 1nsathan. grimfy looking 10.
waris tho yteae1 A. WIS not suro It wss only
orf frecboand It was viewing, NO had alt our axe.
rcady, and wcro fully determined, should the
brute embrace lho Pauline, TO- chop away for IT.
| backbone with all our might: and the wretch
might lnvc found tot onco In IT, life that 1t hst
caught Tartar. This statement IL strictly true,
and tho occurrence war witnessed By r1y officers,
half tbs crew, and myself: and vi are ready At AMI
tins to testify oath that II IL 10 and that ats
NOT In tho least mlstakcn.