THE SEA. 



to think of these mighty travellers in the mighty deep hugging the shore when the fires 

 of life burn low, and the mighty waves, their playmates from their childhood, giving their 

 last lift up on the beach ! " 



And now for that great mythical or actual animal the sea-serpent. 



For ages an animal f immense size and serpentine form has been believed to inhabit the 

 ocean, though rarely seen. A strong conviction of its existence has always prevailed in 



CUTTING UP THE WHALE. 



Norway and the fiords, where it has been reported to have been frequently seen. It is also 

 said that the coasts of New England have been frequently visited by this marine monster many 

 times during this century. 



Bishop Pontoppidan, who, about the middle of the eighteenth century, wrote a history of 

 Norway, his native land, collected a quantity of testimonies as to its occasional appearance. 

 Among other evidence he mentions that of Captain de Ferry, of the Norwegian Navy, who 

 saw the serpent, while in a boat rowed by eight men, near Molde, in August, 1774. A 

 declaration of this was made by the captain and two of the crew before a magistrate. 

 The animal was described as of the general form of a serpent stretched on the surface ill 



