Bigelow on the Sea Serpent. 157 
Extract of a letter from Mr. Curnven Fexcn, Chaplain 
of the United States’ Ship Independence of 74 guns, to 
the Editor of the Boston Centinel. ! 
Grovcester, Jug. 26, 1819. 
“ Dear Sir, 
so deep but we could trace his course. He rose again with- 
in twenty yards distance of us, and lay some time on the 
water. He then turned, and steered for Ten Pound Island: 
we pulled after him; but finding that he was not pleased 
with the noise of our oars, they were laid in, and the boat 
skulled. We again approached very near him. — F 
tinued some length of time, plying between Ten Pound 
