150 Bigelow on the Sea Serpent. 
to the one described by Mr. Cummings, in the time of the 
revolutionary war with Great Britian ; and as I was anxious 
for all the information that was to be had, I wrote him on 
the subject, and he forwarded the enclosed (marked C.) in 
answer to my letter. I have also the testimony of a Capt. 
Crabtree of Portland, an intelligent man, which is direct 
and positive. This is also enclosed and marked D. It was 
written in his presence and received his signature, as a cor- 
rect statement. 
All this evidence, I think cannot fail to establish the fact, 
that a large Sea Serpent has been seen in and near the Bay 
of Penobscot. ‘The existence of such a Monster can no 
longer be reasonably disputed. But whether he constantly 
resides in that vicinity, or whether he coasts further south 
or north, during a part of the year, more particular informa- 
tion is necessary to ascertam. Nor is it known on what 
species of fish he subsists. By this communication I have 
it in view only to furnish evidence of the actual existence of 
the animal. It will probably operate in favour of further 
information, and lead to a particular history of this hitherte 
undescribed Serpent. 
i am, with great esteem, 
Your humble servant, 
. A. BRADFORD. 
A. SuLLivan, Aug. 17th, 1803. 
My Dear Sir, 
With peculiar pleasure 1 comply with your request, 
though the urgency of my affairs must excuse my brevity. 
It was sometime in July 1802 that we saw this extraordina- 
ry sea monster, on our passage to Belfast, between Cape 
Rosoi and Long Island. His first appearance was near 
Long Island. I then supposed it to be a large shoal of fish 
with a seal at one end of it, but wondered that the seal 
should rise out of water so much higher than usual; but, 
as he drew nearer to our boat, we soon discovered that 
this whole appearance was but one animal in the form of a 
serpent. I immediately perceived that his mode of swim- 
ming was exactly such as had been described to me by 
some of the people on Fox Islands, who had seen an animal! 
