Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-31

diameter or the serpent just Denlnu
the head was about fifteen or sixteen
inches. The head was without
doubt that Of a snake and 1t was
never during the twenty minutes that
It continued in sight Of our glasses
once below the surface Of the water;
It's color. a dark brown. with yellow
ish white about the throat 1t had
no fins but something like the name
Of a horse. or. rather, a bunch Of sea-
weed, washed about Its back"
Not long. after this report was pub
lished another report, that Of the
master Of the American brig Daphne,
stated that in twenty degrees Of
latitude farther south a sea serpent
had been seen soon after 1t had been
observed by the Daedalus.
Body Big az Barrel.
A very different looking sea serpent
was reported by Capt. w. H. Nelson.
Of the American ship Sacramento. In
1877. This animal was seen In the
North Atlantic. and resembled. from
the drawing made by the mate, the
ancient ichthyosaurus. About forty
feet of this specimen appeared out Of
water and its girth was described as
about that of -four barrel"
A DR.: Bicard, of Cape Town. In
1857. claimed not only to have seen
a sea serpent off the light house at
Greenpoint, but to have fired several
shots at II, causing 1t to move on.
It was about 200 feet long, and Its
circumference could not be learned,
for only a small part Of its back
was exposed. The animal was also
seen by the son Of the doctor and
a month later was observed by other
prominent residents Of Cape Town.
whose reputation for veracity could
not be questioned.
One of the most extraordinary sea
serpent stories Of modern times, and
one which makes old CLAUS Magnus's
picture seem authentic. was that told
by Capt. Drevor and his crew, Of the
bark Pauline. On July 8. 1875, at IL
o'clock a. m. while the ship was of
Cape st. Rogue, northeast corner OF
Brazil, the weather clear and wind
and sea moderate, captain and crew
observed some black spots on the
water and a whitish pillar. about
thirty-five feet high. above them.
"At first" he reported. II took II
all to be breakers, as the sea was
splashing up fountain-like about
them. and the pillar a pinnacle rock
bleached' with the sun, but the pillar
| fell, with a splash and a similar one
rose. They rose and fell alternately
in quick succession and good glasses
showed me 1t was a monster sea SER
pent coiled twice around a large
sperm whale. The head and tall
parts, each about thirty-five feet
long, were acting as levers, twisting
itself and victim around with great
velocity. They sank out of sight
about every two minutes, coming TO-
the surface still revolving, and the
| struggles Of the whale and two other
whales that were near. frantic with
excitement, made the sea in this VI
cinity like; a boiling caldron.
"The strange occurrence lasted some
fifteen minutes and finished with the
tail portion of the whale being ele-
waited straight in the air. then waV-
ing backward and forward and LASH
ing the water furiously in the last
death struggle, when the whole body
disappeared from our view, going
DOWN head foremost to the bottom,
where. no. doubt. it was gorged at
the serpent's leisure. Then two Of
the largest sperm whales that I have
ever seen moved slowly thence to-
ward the vessel, their bodies more
than usually elevated out of water,
and not spouting or making the least
noise, but seeming quite paralyzed
with fear"
Monster Seen of Brazil.
This monster serpent was said to
be about 160 to 10 feet long and
between seven and eight feet in ci-
cumference. Five days later, I'm the
same latitude and about eighty miles
Off the Brazil coast, the captain saw
either the same one or similar mon
ster. This time the sea serpent ele-
| waited itself about sixty feet above
the water and gazed calmly at the
ship. The captain in his report also
stated that ship in the Indian ocean,
about three years before this occur
renee, was dragged over by some
sea monster
The officers and crew Of the old
British royal yacht Osborne, of the
coast of Sicily. saw a sea serpent
which had dorsal fins. and Capt.
Hassel, Of the bark St. Olaf, claimed
| to have seen a sea serpent lying In
the harbor OF Galveston and 1t like
wise had fns.
There are numerous like creditable
| reports which might be added. in
cluding that Of the celebrated sea
serpent, which in 1919 was seen of
| Nahant. Hundreds of persons saw
this monster, and all along the beach
parties followed its course for miles
in coaches, on horseback and running
on foot. All New England was alive
with the subject, and while 1t may be
admitted that one person may be
easily deceived by the falseness Of
eyesght, 1t is difficult to believe that
hundreds of persons would be SINH
larly deceived at the same time. The
only proof which appears to be need
ed to establish unqualifedly the ex-
istence Of the sea serpent-beyond,
of course, the capture Of one dead
or alive-is Photographic evidence.
UP to the present time that evidence
Is not in existence.-Chicago Chroni-
Gle.
The Height Of Waves.
Owing 10 many causes the ocean Is
never still. The wind Is one Of the
chief disturbers, for II gives rise to
waves. The effect of an ordinary storm
Is not felt below a depth Of fifty feet.