Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-13
THE LATEST YARN.
ssa serpent 500 Feet Long, With Three
r,,,,nense Humps On Its Back.

Gao SERPENT 500 Feet Long, With Three
immense Humps on Its Back.
NV YORK, Oct. 1O-Capt. Albert N.
.,airb has been at sea for upwards of At
-. lie is So years old, has always
s,~ro the reputation of sober, steady
an vet he saw a sea serpent. Formany
l- ~ ba has been in the employ Of II. w.
p1wpn No. Il South street..
soiiad from New York in the
..toonpr Z. II. Hartman on my passage
80 Nm vitas, on Sept g." he said. ION
guy "a The mate called my attention to a
SelPt,,rhance in the water, which took TO
o' Isv1ada bv school of whales; but as l
It seo no blowing" or throwing
c .s.tes / concluded ! was mis-
L"r Taking a marine glass | went
o9 and from the fOretopmast cross-trees
ao,r ! sight such as | had read of but
s,ger seen. First head similar to a
leroapt's rose out from the water a dis
.orce of nearly eight feet, and a forked
,1ngne protrudng from a hldeous looking
mouth. Undulatlng on the waves, the
body of the monster heightened out until
pooiorIatpd thatit was at least three hun
5a.I ,oat long At intervals of about sew
ave feet. three distinct humps or pro-
.,,berances could be traced along It's back.
u Ual,e of its track the water was dashed
in+oa foam. and the white caps resem bled
.ach "a are made by school of dolphins
ornornoises. When about one-half mile
" howard Of the schooner, the monster
sart out Of sight, and when it rose again
gos TWO miles to windward, going at a
rote of over twenty-five miles an hour.
when ! came on deck" continued the
rsntain. 1.-The mate and four men were
zinc ut the object with intense inter-
Ell and we all concluded that the mon
ster seen was a veritable sea serpent"
Then Capt. Smith grew serious and
soid 81 know the majority Of folks will
mink I was laboring under delusion or
had been drinking. To the former idea
Tcall on NV crew tor verification, and to
he latter thought l can refer confidently
omv owners and employees for reputa-
ton. ! believe this sea serpent to have
me Object that mas often been reported by
sea CAPTAINS to be an island In the Gulf
Stream, and the humps, on It's back were
aiken for mountains or hills"
Can't. smith is now in the employ of +.
4 smith a. Co. No. 81 South street, and
arrived on Wednesday last in command of
tbe schooner E. II. Hartman, from Neu-
yitas. The vessel is three-masted, go
tons burden and lays at the footOf Seventh
street. East river. Notpnly did he see the
SERPENT, but he came near losing his YES
BEL by a waterspout.
While in the Gulf Stream on Sept. % he
encountered a hurricane which lasted As
hours. In the height of the storm, one
dark night three compOsants, or, as the
sailors call them, Neptune's lanterns,
rested on the mastbeads of the schooner.
They were so bright and large that they
lighted up the deck for a number of min-
utes. Suddenly they vanished, asquickly
as they had appeared. Then the storm
commenced to break and by daylight there
was but little wind. AT noon a
dead calm prevailed, leaving
a tremendous sea. Dead ahead a
waterspout commenced to form and
its Yariegated colOrs resembled those of
the rainbow, but it was dangerously near.
There was no gun on board or other in
srument for making noise, by which
the spout could be broken, and the
schooner was being gradually drawn
towards the maelstrOm formed by the
absorbing waterspout. When the peril of
being drawn into the vortex was immi-
nent breeze sprang up from the south
ward and assisted her out of the attrac.
ton. The schooner had not proceeded
but half a mile when the waterspout
burst with a tremendous report and mil
lions OF barrels Of water descended into
the sea