The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-11

sound and the water was much agitated.
a proof that the body must be very large.
So pontoppidan called this the kfak-
en-" and concluded that ~ was one OF
tho creatures that had been Stranden
I'm the fOrd He also wrote iohS i'a'in
treatise on the new monster ~
doubt wished he hadn't Tor a luil .', oom-
troycrsv started up--the Bishop was can,
ed a liar i'm half dozen languages, am
for a century Pontoppidan ktah'n
was made much fun or 1hen i.lhna'us
took il up and made IL clear that IN.
alleged monster was a huge cuttiehsh,
ms there was abundant evidence 'hat
these had formerly visited the inoItn
coast and. while many were smdii soi,lc
were OF great size and capable OF dolus
much mischief The smaller ones comm
od their malignant strength TO uprootinE
the anchors of the fishing boats-ann
this they do to-day along the west COAST
In the light Of modern knowledge tho
old Bishop is vindcated, but for Cd
y.Ous reasons cuttleiish as Dig rs ,le
krakon have not come TO market lateiH'
i'm fact. the capture OF a very smail one
is "a serious matter. not likely TO tie nn-
dcrtakon even hy the mcnagcrie people.
Ia 1859 Mr.. Johi Bowman, now IN tho
Treasury Department. was one OF ln'
crew of the sperm whalcr Islander. cap
tain Folger commanding I'm May, they
were of Point de Gale, Island OF 'eyloh.
There were "A number Of the natives on
catamarans fishing Suddenly the sailors
heard loud cry and SAW 10 the reward,
not over 2uD Yards away. catanafdh
being turned end over end and great
flock Of sea gulls swOopng down on some
thing white i'm tho water; then a WIZ
confusion Of what looked Ike STRANDS OF
manila haWscrS. the sea was prcakins
white water over the mast. which look
al 40 least 100 yards square All az
once the first mate of the Islander cIleh
"iloly Moses. Captain Folger, that's the
great white squid. I've been twenty
Years at sea aud never saw II before.
They say it's bad luck or spout'f l"
meet H."
n had caught the catamaran, but the
crew may have escaped. and now II was
i'm fun yigOr "A nest of living scrpent~,
the arms twining and wrigglng one Over
the other. receding ana tneh snuy,'' -
uu. taut as % SPAR ana long 'hpuSh ~
have caught in the top OF "A Dig snip.
Captain Foiger sent the steward for a
rifle. aud he fired into the mass. lhere
was a hum and the great b0ly Suis.u
and seemed 90 drift away. The breeze
WAS frosheuing. and the Islander sent up
stern sails and was soon miles away
Il is ID current belief that bitter nad
luck attends ship that meets tnis sraS
sea spectre. and before the lslanner -"
New England she had her snare losing
both mate and Captain by disease ana
being dlsnastcd OFF Japan.
I'm 1888. His Maiesty.s shlp-ol war ana
r4nthe was coming through the Mozam-
hiuue Channel when one Of the crew III
tbt ton hailed the deck. white water on
the starboard bow-looks Ike a sunhtn
wreck" n was watched from the quar-
ter deck and various opinions given .hv
wreck for ~ WAS almost quarter or
milo long and seemed IN motion. Ihel
were now 100 yards away.
Gentlemen" said the Captain, we I'VE
"a learn-in all my forty years service
never saw the great squld' before. clear
away second battery; load with grape
ready. fire
Twelve loads Of grape cut into the mid
de Of the mass. &c was alive IN an IN
slant Hundreds of arms forty leet lohs
were thrust out. and 10 was evident mat
the mass was moving toward the irigate
She was put about. and In a rev minutes
was ont OF LANCER. Ihere is one au'LtH-
fie narrative of vessel being attacked
bv This creature. In lbs the k0i Jean a
French brig Of 500 tons bound Tor Fondl-
cherry found her way suddenly cheSheu
early one morning. she was Sdllihs lt'e,
and on Madagascar. Il 9uiior lJuneN 80
the side and saw peculiar white mass
clingiug 10 the DObstay. Long tentacieS
were waving in the air. and one was
wrapped around the davit. Ito gave tne
alarm. and by The time an hanus WEI" .tc
on deck a hideOuS head rose above the
rain. liz had a beak like parrot anu
two eyes, Opaque like jelly. Ihey thought
10 am enormous crap.
Half frantic with terror the crew Went
90 work with cutiass boat-hook, ana
arms. while the cook. a giant negro. threw
buckets of scaldlng water from the hal-
Icy The boak snapped, the eyes grew
red and malignant. arms We're thrown
around the swifter and shrOuds. and u
was coming aboard. cut Off, the tough
tcndrils renewed themselves. quickly the
cooi- with q broad axe cut into the head
between the eyes. The arms relaxed, and
PLUNGE told the crew that their enemy
was vanquiehel. and they saw 10 floating
astern Pieces OF the arms were pre-
serted On liqrOr. and these were three
inches through
Al Dunkirk today. in the church, Is
a model Of 30 ship with something white
rifnging 10 the side. and this is the EEK
vote offered iag years ago by the crew
of the Roi jean FOR their deliyeTance
from a sea monster.
Perhaps some day we may know tho
secret OF the lower ocean. Until then
there is "a fine field Tor conJecture.-PhIia-
delphia Times.