162 Bigelow on the Sea Serpent. 
about as large as, ora little larger than a half barrel; J think 
I saw as many as ten or twelve, but did not count them; I 
considered them to be caused by the undulatory motion of 
the animal—the tail was not visible, but from the head to 
the last hump that could be seen, was, I should judge, 50 
feet. The first view I had of him appeared like a string of 
empty barrels tied together, rising over what little swell of 
the sea there was. What motion I could discern in the 
body of the animal was undulatory, but he evidently moved 
his tail under water, and the ripples produced by it indicated 
a sweeping motion, making a wake as large as that made by 
the sloop. 
HAWKINS WHEELER. 
Essex, ss. June 9th, 1819.—Then Hawkins Wheeler per- 
sonally appeared, and made oath that the foregoing affida- 
vit by bim subscribed, contains the truth, the whole truth, 
and nothing but the truth. Before me, 
ae THEODORE EAMES, Justice of the Peace. © 
I, Gersham Bennett, of Fairfield, in the county of Fair- 
field, and state of Connecticut, mariner, on oath declare, 
I looked. at the anchor stock at the time, and formed my — 
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ppinion by comparing the two objects. The weather was 
very clear and good, and the water almost calm ; and I had, 
I think, as good a view of the animal as if J had been with- 
in two rods of him. The colour of the animal throughout, 
