The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-28

Janeiro, travelled over the route upon which sea serpents are frequently seen, there IS no claim made to having sight ed any of these very common reptiles, ana Tor this reason the crew asserts that the terrible marine fray which they witnessed must be accepted as truth.
 The watersnouts caused by the cy- clone on the deep were of immense pro- portions, measuring about 150 feet in diameter at the base, and tapering up gradually like a huge cone to a point where the diameter was less than a foot. Above this the cone was formed in inverted shape until it resembled a great funnel. There were fully six of them, and they represented beautifully tinted columns, supporting the heavy masses of dark black clouds above, while below rolled the Atlantic
 The Bendo struck the storm about noon, and had considerable difficulty Tn weathering the hurricane. When the crew first caught sight of the wa terspouts they were moving down on the steamer at rapid rate and threat ening to engulf her. They were in a
 
 order that they resembled a squad of soldiers moving under orders. When the towering masses of water, which the crew of the Bendo already decided would cause their death, had arrived within less than a half mile of the ship, they veered off to the windward, and then the truthful sailor men beheld the strangest sight in all their nauti- cal experience.
 Captain Doyle gave a graphic descrip- ton of the scene as he beheld it. After telling of the storms approach, he said:
 It was about 1 o'clock in the after noon when the waterspouts turned on our windward. and we were watching the beautiful sight when we saw a great number of large whales among the columns of water, spouting streams of water into the air, and flashing the water into foam with their tails. There were at least thirty in the school, and from their actions 1t was evident that they were enraged at the waterspouts, for with dumb fury they would blindly rush into the whirling cones, as if to shatter them to pieces. It was an aw- full sight.
 "A huge whale would swim off a sort distance, and then with squirt which increased his momentum as he proceeded would dash his many tons of weight against waterspout. Strik- ing as he would the base of the cone, there would be caused Arrangement of the spiral movement; the column 4~@ T | Sx,4 the mass of hundreds of tons of green ish water would fall back into the ocean with mighty roar
 The whales were then in glee, and would sport among the water as if pleased with their victory.
 But the cyclonie movement would re-establish the connection between the clouds and the sea, and a new water spout take the place of the one de- stroyed. The excitement became tre- mendous, and the whales rolled over one another in their fierce battle with the forces of nature. Some would dive into the waterspouts and be carried into the air a few feet, only to be hurl- ed back into the ocean, while the cone broke over them. Others would throw their heads far out of the water and almost rise erect In the ocean. A few would reverse this, and when they rushed into the fight their tails would be thrown into the air and the rotary movement of the sea would spin them around like tops. They did not appear to tire of their attempts to destroy the waterspouts, and during the four hours in which we were in sight they were constantly engaged.
 ''The prevailing tempest made the af- fair one of the weirdest things imagin- able, and never before in my life have l seen anything like it.