New-York tribune., 1885-01-01
NATIONAL CAPITIL TOPICS.
PROF PROCTOR on THE SEA SERPENT"
HIS BELIEF IL TIE EXI.IENCE OF THE RACE
FISHING INrrEE-Ts-LOss or LrFF.
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PROF PROCTOR on THE SEA SERPENT"
HIS BELIEF IL TIE TXI.GENCE OF THE RACE
FISHING INrTEE~Ts-LOss or LIFF.
WAsHINGToN, Dec. 31.-ln accordance with
oint resolution OF Congress. the Public Printer has
publ shed a volume Of matter furnished him by rrofcs-
sor Spencer +. Baird. United states Commissioner Of
Fsh and Fisheries relative to new observations. d'cov
erie. and Applications rOuncctcd with nsn culture and
the fisheries. The volume consists 81 reports and conii
buttons from over hundred sources. both Official and
nouoicia giving q vast number of Interesting details
concerning sh culture in 40 paris 4 The United states
and IL for,gu II D., said that about hy" and
onehaf billion oysters are produced Ia North America
and two and one-thlrl billion In Europe. Lieutenant
Wu.iow says: The area oi tho great
beds of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays
III acres and the product per IN ls-O.
fl bushels At present II is certainly not more than 25
bushels II the deterioration continues AT the same rate
the result Is too cvidcn, to need comment That
dial measures should be taken imperative
siy."
or the loss Of life IN the Ncw.Engaud fisheries Cap
tain J. W Collins says In the ten years from 73 the
total los, Of vessel. has been ~. Of which number
have fouudered of the latter having been absn-
donci IN sinking condition. The total value ~ these
vessel. was S7Jj126. Tho total loss OF lie has been
/ 2:,3 men. 500 Of whom went down In their vessels
which foundercd II IL little difficult to get at
the exact number of bcrcaved families which their
natural protectors. since for two years OF the
period under consideration accurate record not
kept of the widows and falhere. children
iet by these %7"''e'i wouG' "' AN, and' Even even
how many almost helpless parents have been deprived
H. making what believe 10 hc an underestimate for the
years Of which can obtain 40 statistics Of the widows
and G5s ohildcn left faheIcs by the disasters the
Gloucester eet alone Many Of these families have been
t. b. Crocker. an Internal Revenue Collector at
Aurora, Illinois, reports the Itching OF ANAL mouthcd
tsaaa ia ittEt tU
and weighing seven pounds ana siN ounces.
the discovery Of marine monster and reviye- the New
England de.crptnn Of the " sea serpent" lie says:
While the boats OF Captain sey mour's bark Hope
were the watch for whales OH the Pearl Islands (be-
tween forty and ifty miles from Panama. the water
broke "A short distance away, aud Captain seymour made
ready fora whale Iut head like that of horse rose
from the ANA then dved. The creature seen
by all the boats crew. Captain seymour describes
animal almost twenty feet Ia length.
with n handsome horsc-hke head with two
creature had four legs double.iouted hns,
brownsh hide profuscly specified with large.
into parts Tho creature seen NO different
days and II whales had NOT been about at the time
chort wouid have been nade To eaten H. captain sey
his officers agree considering that the creature
is peculiar I" The loo amy, ana Iat IT could easily be
that officer. The Pacific Mail Company state they have
the animal several occasions. but closely
as did the officers and men Of the IOpo ON.
"The nearest account of any strange animal akin 10
that by Captain seymour and his The nc.
count Ol marine creature supposed o he sea serpent,
III lsI7, near Cape Ann Mass Eleven witnesses OF
gou rtpu'Htoh t''' ." od.h puIo hsl ,I'c- zone oI
whom had himself what they ha,D description o.
a creature like serpent, dark brown in color said
mOttltlD with whs under the head and meek
Tho head OF this creature large AS "A
horses, but shaped like scrpent's, and
the animal estimated exceeding
Guy feet IN length. Colonel Perkins noticed appear
ance IN the front of the head like single holm but
other observers thought this the monsters tongue
The evidence now obtained confirms the theory which
advanced in 1915 and has since been by
GO.se aud others, that OF marine animals exists
including probably several varieties. which character
Zed by scrprntnc neck mead snlall compared with
thickueg. of la.
neck arbreathcr and deriving its prUpulsye power
fro paddles. In other words modern representative Of
the Ongnecked Plesiosaurans of the great secondary
Mesoholc Creatures Of this class aptly
compared to what would De formed by drawing "a ser
| pent tint Ough the body Of n sea turtle"