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 GROUP III. 



" In man multa latent." OPPIAN. 



WE come now, in conclusion, to offer a few le- 

 marks on those two strange and extraordinary am- 

 mals to which we shortly adverted in the Introduc- 

 tion. And, first, of 



THE GREAT SEA-SERPENT. 



Scoliophis Atlanticus ? Linn. Soc. of Boston. 



From Wern. Trans, vol. i. 



THAT much fable and exaggeration have been 

 mixed up with the history of the Great Sea- Ser- 

 pent, cannot be doubted ; still, however, the in- 

 quiry recurs, what portion of truth is involved 

 amidst this error ? 



We turn, first, to an account of an animal which 

 apparently belonged to this class, which was 

 stranded in the Island of Stronsa, one of the Ork- 

 neys, in the year 1808, and which was first seen 



