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SEA MONSTERS UNMASKED. 



Vito, Sicily, a large marine animal, of which the following 

 account and sketches were furnished by Lieutenant Haynes, 



FIG. 22. THE " SEA SERPENT " AS SEEN FROM THE ' CITY OF 

 BALTIMORE.' 



and were confirmed by Commander Pearson, Mr. Douglas 

 Haynes, Mr. Forsyth, and Mr. Moore, engineer. 



Lieutenant Haynes, writes, under date, " Royal Yacht 

 Osborne, Gibraltar, June 6 :" 



" On the evening of that day, the sea being perfectly smooth, my 

 attention was first called by seeing a ridge of fins above the surface 

 of the water, extending about thirty feet, and varying from five to six 



