Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
No. II lConcIusionI
Strange Terrors
of fhe Deep

men are slow to believe but that isn't to be won
dered at From the Oldest times they have stayed
IN their little countries bounded by mountains, sea
or laws. But sailors know no bounds Sailors first
explored the world they went up and down the I'M
known seas seeking out strange, places. Then
they went home and the landsmen couldn't believe
them until they brought back evidence that could
be understood by those who hadn't the breath O
in their noStrs.
used to read lot of the earlier voy ges
HaklHyt- Drake pampier, Capn Cook, Columbus
who nearly discovered the continent of America
of Amerigo Vespucci for whom German propa-
gandist had the gall to name the world. He
said Nespucci had made four voy ges about its
coasts, but they were never proved read of John
Cabot who sailed from the port of Bristol to find
North America. King James only gave him ten
pounds for his pains So Cabot named the
land for John Amercke High Sheriff of Bristol,
because he paid higher. The dock he sailed the
little St Matthew from Is now a wreck from
German bombs
When l compare the early voyges with the
great three-stack liners crossing the seas with
more fuss than a street following her worn
track dip my ensign TO the old seadogs.
The questions people ask me about the sea-
Do Mother Careys chickens mean bad weather
What are albatresses? Ha8e-I seen-a sea serpent
What IS the <raken2 When l think of the things
I've Scent give Psetty to have EN- explained
all scientific SO | could sleep sound.
The kraken now some folks think it's a myth
from old Morse belief. But 1t isn't just that
Krakens do exist I've seen whales dragged up
from the deeps and in their Jaws have been ten
tacles with suckers big port covers bit off when
they fought the Shiny beasts. Oh they aren't the
same as the little octup the Italians eat, heaven
help EN- They're forty feet long sometimes, with
ten and often twelve long arms Shiny and strong as
wire cables Horrors that ride outta the sea bad
enough to kill man with plain fear. l wouldn't
be surprised if most of the sea-serpent yarns
started with the sight Of a kraken rising out of
the dark, cold depths TO the sunshine where he's
no business to be.
Ever been out with a trawler2 Thatd give We d
lesson on the mysteries IN the bottom of the
I've seen travis swung in-board and among the
honest fish were monsters that might have been
designed by the devil TO brighten the ancient monk
ish saints. Things with more than two eyes long,
hairy feelers and claws where claws should be.
pulpy shapeless things thatd bring bad luck by
their very sight
/ We been asked. too about the Sargasso Sea.
L That's a mysterious stretch east of the Ber-
mudas, covering several thousand square miles
In my day the horse ATTITUDES which were on the
edge Of the Sargasso, were areas of sudden storm
and calm which made sailors mighty iumpy until
they could pick up the trades and get away from
the cnglng. yellow weed that makes the Sargasso
Sea. The weed is torn from the shores of the At
lantic coasts of Europe, Africa and America and
gathered in tremendous tangle IN a sort of gigan-
tic whirlpool where all the winds and currents
center.
When I was a young sailor I heard yarn Of