The herald., 1896-07-26

the sea serpent industry, but in its
bravest days 1t never ventured the claim
of having seen two sea serpents at the
one time. let alone capturing them. In
fact, heretofore the east contented It
self by thrilling reports from time to
time by its sea captains Of the magni-
tude of the sea serpents which had been
sighted. Sometimes these sea serpents
were only sixty feet long. and again they
reached the stupendous length OF 600
feet. Ono captain Of an excursion barge
which was kept out all night in Long
Island Sound, SO that the manager of the
bar on board could sell all OF his beer to
the thirsty passengers, reported passing
a sea serpent 1000 feet long. and some
OF the passengers were quite sure 1t was
1000 feet long. 1t is necessary to state
that this sea serpent was sightod after
every drop of beer and whisky on board
had been consumed.
The Tacoma sea serpentS, as far as
length goes, are very mild in comparison
with their eastern brothers and sisters.
Se esaahKhssaa tsa feef @irnonr ann 1ae Ssanr
to classify them. One of the ses aoIe aI
pents was killed during the uau,se see 6.
but the other female. was alive and
we'll at last accounts.
A COMPOSITE MONSTER
means. She has head like big bull
dog and an extraordinarily thick and
long neck measuring about twenty-six
inches IN circumference. Her body is
like that OF q huge rattlesnake, striped
and spotted and tapering to a point at
the tail. A colossal fin runs the entire
length OF the vertebrae, and a similar
fin underneath runs along the stomach
to the tail. She has great fangs like
Lhose OF tiger and heavy nolar teeth,
40,
for these she would never be recogn,zed
lily. -'''ii-
II thi. sea serpent had not been CAP |
tured the fishermen who first saw it |
would doubtless be classed with what
ID generally termed the grand arnv of
sea serpent liars. When the news OF 1ts
capture reaches all parts of the world II
VIII oouptless cause something of a SEN
sat1on, as scientists have fought and
wrangled over what Is called the sen
serpent myth for many years. Yet on
the DOCKS OF the United States and Brit
isn navies are many records furnished
oy captains OF warships Of sea serpents
Wnlch mad been seen. Furthermore. IT
1t known, for instance, that monsters
exactly corresponding with the descrip.
lions OF the sea sepent by people who
claim to have seen it existed in past
ages. IN the museum of Yale college ,
are skeletons or many of these creatures.
up seas. where they had reposed for ages Q
PETRIFTED POINTERS
1ooioglsts all know that certain strata =
are almost certain to disclose the sksIe- =
Ions OF great sea monsters, hundreds Of
rect In length. which in far remote pes
swan the oceans of the world ana hsoS
o oieu n
The vertebras. the ribs, the skull tbe
Jaws OF these sea serpents of a by-gone
age are as we'll known to scientists as 6
~ -
,,ostoS ,no uoes OF the megatherium and the h
races OF them. in rock formation. tbe =,
'oIeHtist y ciassihes them instantly, know
Ierpent VI the sea c'
AN AN A.MTEDILUv1AN EXAMPLE .,
~ ohe or these antediluvian sea sernents u
,au neck at least fifty feet long acS =,
ams ,,,,sa,, 10 the scientists of the British .,
noo.. Wnere the skeleton of sucb q ~
,aod nem ISL Is TO be seen. 1t had largo a.
hrough th immense eyes, and 1t swan "
liant snstn water something like a !.
~ otttsing from the records on the suh- ca
osnt,'r eea serpent was more plentifr, 81
tsnne. ego than he is today. Forin gs
,ade o,+, Captain Laurence de Ferry
nat he had chased q sea sar,' a.e IN I!46 81,
crew OF sailors in a rowboat h,'t Witn M. ba
le monster escaped. The cantoir 'i,at s pa
,on, ,,,su the creature as a formidahIo
hove water iso| Tuo rect long, whose coils
eads. 1t had the head of m horse ef nogs stS i9e
color 20 eray or brown
saehase aa1eE Srantree Saradi "a man of unim- Th
land, In Penobscot bay, in IFS sa,d s f6a ok "A
sv.u .w a sea serpent 500 feet long. HE lie
escription was very much like fbot tiis us Cir
ap'a,n ,p IN de Ferry's, and the monster ba ri,
w mad large black mouth me- AEl
me Crabtree saw another sea sernamt III,
ar Mount Desert in 1893 SCI peht T
=. AN OFFICIAL SERPENT. Tht
iee MadVenture of Commodore Preble. Il
.. ~, when he gave chase to a Saa The
rpent took place in 1779 He wasthea sea
IN and when the sea SER VT II
nt was sighted from the deck Of tha wa
op OF war he was placed in command The,
ooat manned by twelve seamen TT
u sent in pursuit The monster a.; | But
T" 10 nave been 100 feet long and III