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was not such a being. The sketch or picture of Marshal 
Prince, is perfectly correct. I could not, with my own 
pencil, give a more correct likeness. 
With respect, 
Your obedient servant, 
a CHEEVER FELCH. 
Major B. Russe.” 
Brooxume, August 19, 1819. 
Dear Sir, 
I very willingly comply with your request to state what 
A saw of the Sea Serpent at Nahant, on Saturday last, par- 
ticularly as I Tapped to see it under favourable circum- 
stances to ferm a judgment, and to considerable advantage 
in point of position and distance. 
I got into my chaise about 7 o’clock in the morning, to 
come to Boston, and on reaching the long Beach observed 
a number of people collected there, and several boats push- 
ing off and in the offing. I was speculating on what should 
have occasioned so great an assemblage there without any 
apparent object, and finally had concluded that they were 
some Lynn people who were embarking in those boats on 
a party of pleasure to Egg Rock, or some other pee 
I had not heard of the Sea Serpent being in that neigh- 
borhood, and I had not lately paid much attention to the 
evidences which had been given of its existence ; the idea 
of this animal did not enter my mind at the moment. 
As my curiosity was directed towards the boats to ascer- 
tain the course they were taki, my attention was suddenly 
arrested by an object emerging from the water at the dis- 
tance of about one hundred or one hundred and fifty yards, 
which gave to my mind at the first glance the idea of a 
horse’s head. As my eye ranged along perceived ata 
short distance eight or ten regular bunches or protuberan- 
ces, and at a short interval three or four more. I was now 
satified that the Sea Ser ‘pent was before me, and after the 
first moment of excitement produced by the unexpected 
sight of so strange a monster, taxed myself to investigate his 
appearance as accurately as [ could 
My first ohject was the Head, which I satisfied myself 
was serpent shaped, it was elevated about two feet from the 
