, 1877-03-01
StrnnCo Scil-AT0l,sterh,

Nr. Richard A. Proctor writes in The London
Echo: t'The sea-serpent haa long been regard.
cd BY most persons rs simply gigantic fraud.
Either the obIeet which appeared like sea-
serpent was something altogether dillcr ent-a
toattng tree e,,taugla.l In seaweed, the scrpcnt-
Inc outline uf distant hills hnlf lost under Il
ecuddIug haze. row OF lcap!ug porpoIscs, or, IL
a single living creature Vt ali, then one of a
known SPECIES seen unlcr unusual a1,l deeept,yc
contltiona-or else tho Gircu,natantlal uurouuts
which could not be thus explained away were
lst Gosse lung since pointed out. tI llis curious
es.ay oil !" the Great Unknown, it Is ultpret f,cr
unlikely that lneh know nil tlt forrls Vi aui.
n,als which cxiat In thu ocel'l. and the antcce-
dent probability against the theory uf the eY.
istence Of creatures Bucl! rs the great sr;l.arr.
peuf has been described to be is mot sufficient
to outweigh the evidence which llus been gIyet,
rtkpcctEug such creatures No OnB WLu has
read Tue account ElScn BY tue utllecfs and men
Ut the DHtiRlus, for tnstalcc, can fur moment
suppose that they were tlcctyed IN any ono of
the ways tnEeniously imagined; ;wctnust assun,u
tlat they all told unsruthb bctf're VIC cun reject
the bcllvf that SUNG ~ set unknown sea creature
was seen BY them. Thatcrca.urc tnay quit ciu,pos-
sib]y not hare been serpent Property SPECIALIZED,
the picture dsaan tyune of the nitisfilplncu nlay
hare eer Incorrect III details {as l'rof. Owen III
s;ted It. must hare been); but, unless the whole
ALTAR was fraud, sea animal WIS seen wi,tcl,
liAl all tho uppcarance OF gigantic serpent.
And the Idea of fraud In sucf matters Is not
nearly 81 reasonable as uany sccu to Imagine.
e,ores: Lut IL Ia Il uoew.,r.tv fast that tn ,iun
rnsrs ont IF trn t marvnI;" stnr"s ~ - .rnr a,o
cirrs have been ts,l,Ilrmrd' Wrn p;ii',,i..s H.
tale, brought baek BY those who l,atl saied far
rtcEt to ieft, Instead Of from lcft to rirht. NJ
y,ou faec l'Is midday plarr; nut We know that
those Travellers lotu the truth. Thu hrst ACCOUNT
satsfurtoriir nroyettInt M x,,l rrn,tmra ..o,Is
tnssIbty rxt.t. Tie %,,riiin ,ynuii havo ne..,.
jerrcd out Of rxistencs but Tor tic fortunate
arrival Of skcicson Of llIs a. m cartr star.. ~
our acquaintance Viii, t1,at prc,osses cu,'sn IN
uf nrs ynMstr tro.s ,,ItJssf sra s,,a,,'1,. ~,
he monsf rona nns iii ~, ",tu Isn ~
came iInnr ana mi .un,u,.Gi ~ ri ,xh".!.
wright Of ia nnnntIx led nntnrni.ts ~ Sst,n,ot,
ar neariv .onic u n nv tnna ~ 1a
ls,,rrnen entyn,,,terr'i r,vamt1. ,,.ti,, T., r,.
centinn I,av N",rfnunsianh wh,ss srn. :" a.".r
abnnt thrfv-'vc frnt +, ",n,ti, ~. H.h.r,s,,,
cilt on frn,n ti,,. nr", nIr,ys 1xrn,x.Hws nj
long), Wills i.s boly xas cstluatcI ii sixty i.vt
Ieyi.dsh OF VIcttr ii,,ra's 9.,,. stnrs ~ Mas ~
mrra haIv r,,t,i" y t.,n',..r,.ur witn
thn Erwfn,n,Iinnl y,ust"r III. t,"..
maid. nI,ain' ha. Ircn s,tisfoctnrilv
i,icntiaed with H. manatrc "r iwnmaH5,
0sh.' ~ thu port,,r,,rs" ralt II. whirt
nss',mcs' .axs cant s,oeS.bv .m,eb i.oa,tous I
ihat lis human et.nearanr" d very clasrIy i,ni.
t.t"l A. ~ st.l-ias ~ ~. ..x.r.,nt. ,s,yn.ai
tsts nsyn hrcm far i"ss lI.nsri the nsr:.,,lnn.
than lin rrnrrII nmhllr. jr. Anlrcx Wiiann
fnr fnxtanrr sff.r a,.+nknr IT ths r,snr,,rI az
trrvnfiont II, mu,h sI,tb trims as / hrva usc,1
ab,ye. snYsI w, inay. tl,r,,. affirm, safriv tint'
there ,rr u,anv verified ,Inre. ~ svk,.nt,,
m rcrnr, ~ .t1,pv,. .narins f,rs In v5,,s ,"a,,
met viii. whf,h ryLlrntps ,ndvntl s..1,r,f|nV r.,
ordinary mi COMMUNICATED r,iies. o., tt ,,r',r,,