Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-09-02
the SEA
The Existence OF this Enormous
Marine AnImsl Corroborated.
Nee York Sun, August "a

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II Is reported that last Sunday the sea
serpent WAS again seen off Gloucester, on
the Massachusetss cosst, or near where the
monster was observed D few weeks ago.
AZ on the previous occasion. the witnesses
were intelligent and highly reputable men,
whose declarations are entitled Il serious
consideration They describe the serpent
as having been only 800 feet away, 80 that
they could estimate it's length at nearly
iOO feet and SEQ the two glittering eyes ia
its huge head.
This testimony % TO the existence Of an
enormous marine animal. popularity known
ss the sea serpent, Is oorroborated by that
oi many intelligent observe during the
9Ass century aud more. and IT,, besides,
sustained by the reports OF innumerable
miors, who commonly have been dis.
Sedlted because Of their p%roneness to
,apefsnsion. The monster has generally
ussn encountered in the northern seas,
more especially about the coasts OF Nor
way and New England. and the accounts
" im appearance do not diffor very
sldely, There is also much ancient evil
usnoe' but we will pass that by. Neither
snAll we pay heed to the stories about the
.erpent to be found 10 the old books Of
"svel and natural history.
10 the last century the Rev. Paul Egede.
missionary OF Greenland, wrote q journal
VI h's mission, In which he described with
minute accuracy the human inhabitants
shl voc birds. beasts. aud fishes Of that
TaMaWy' accompanying the descriptions
noNn drawings OF great scientific value.
"a zoe 9th OF July, 1894. Egede records
saving seen "a very large and frightful
.a monster. with n "long. sharp snout.'
suu q body covered with scales" The
,sM YVES uneven and wrinkled, and tile
.oser part was formed like q snake. cat
~ some time," he continues, the orea.
.ars plunged backward into the water. and
Th'. 'arned Its tail up above the surface"
NJ description Corresponds with those
.I'oh were given Of the monster reported
seen on Gloucester several weeks ago,
mo., c'eatnre, too, going down tail fore
Shortly after the appearance of Egede's
vo soufnai'' Bishop Pontoppidan of Dor.
am" peiaber Of tho Copenhagen Acad
Hisyu sciences. published a Natural
tSa oty OF Norway" in which he collected
Svsinence then obtain able as to the SEES
|tmpehh belief in whose existence be
ma dus 20 be universal among the sailors
nsnermen. Capt Laurence de Ferry,
"suA' Time commander OF Bergen, made
i1 lue' oa.h the statement that In August,
hs o, while on q voyage from Trundtheim,
ss, nau his ships company saw . huge ses
b.Psns' which was of . grayish color, aud
tho head, held two feet above
how. water. resembling that Of q
svss besides the head and neck
sssa's the Captain. 1--WE saw seven o,
war; .olds or coils Of this snake. which
s rssS very thick, and, as far as we could
gs.ws' 'nere was about a fathom distance
siss Tween each fold" Bishop PoptonnidsI
s iscs much other testimony on the snb
en- I'M; and comes 20 the Conclusion tbs,
lam. m,' creature does not. like the eel .,
tbs snake, taper gradually to a point I'm
hooa Soay, which looks to be as biz a. wv,
Ina. 's ws grows remarkably small Al
sc,;h ~nsre the tail begins" He also DO
cor " as having very large eyes" liz,
p'eo Oh bright pewter plates"
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