The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-10

AGAIN.
story of the Sea Serpent From Low
OVvestOft Fishermen.

OyVestOft Fishermen.
If we may judge from story told by
some Lowestoft fishermen, says Lon
don journal, of their recent experiences
in pursuit of their calling off the
coast" certain members of the craft
have a very pretty gift of romancing
which many a writer of adventure nov
els might envy. a Banff lugger is re-
ported to have been sailing with the
Lowestoft feet, and from the deck her
crew became aware of the presence of
something uncanny. They heard On
their lee quarter a loud noise resem-
blinS a big steamer cutting her Wy
through the water. They naturally
looked III that direction and there saw
a huge serpent" only 90 feet distant
from their boat. This British specimen
appears to have been of creditable ii
mansions. Captain NJ Quhae of her
majesty's ship Daedalus. put the length
of the sea monster he and his officers
observed between the Cape of Good
Hope and St. Helena al about 100 feet
a baby sea-snake To that seen by our
fishermen, which was fully 800 feet
long" In the matter of speed, how
ever, the South Atlantic specimen lad
the advantage in ratio of nearly two
to one, for it is said to have Travelled Is
miles an hour, while the British speci-
an hour" We are told that the crea-
ture resembled three enormous Ealf-
circles in lire, each being 80 feet long
and 10 feet high Still moving
through the water with the same rush
ing noise, the monster passed close
under the stern of the boat, and took
a quarter of an hour to get out of
sight It was scarcely necessary to tell
us that 'all the men watched it." Of
fIaxy n Of
viewing a sea-serpent at close quar-
tiers does not present itself every day
to the crew OF a fishing lugger, ard
they would he sure to make the most
of a chance that might never occur
again. With the fading away of that
sea-serpent in the distance, a sense of
art required that the story should have
been wound up. Unfortunately, our
observers add a general description,
which does not coincide with the par
ticulars previously given. 1t is difficult
to see how a creature which shows
three enormous half-circles," each 80
feet long and 10 feet high. can be Justly
said TO be like a large fishing boat
turned upside down, and equally as
large in girth.' 1t is the duty of every
believer in the sea-serpent' to hold
firmly by the enormous half-circles"
be they three or 80, it matters not For
through a long series of similar stories
to the tale of the twin snakes that
came across the sea from Tenelos to
execute vengeance on LAGOON. While
the Lowestoft story has its merits, it
might, we think, have been improved.
a certain Captain Taylor, for instance,
once told of a "sea-serpent" which
seized the bowsDrit of his ship in its
mouth. The monster is said 10 have
finished its performance by swallowing
the foretopmast, staysail and flying lib.
with the greatest apparent ease"
This incident is quoted for the encour-
agement of the Lowestoft fishermen.
In the light of their resent differences
with their fellows of the West country,
it is not unreasonable to expect, after
the hint here given. that The next sea
sighted by than off the
coast will do something to justify its
existence. At the very least, It should
swallow a Cornish fishing bca<.