164 Revue Encyclopédique, &c. 
the head and neck, seven or eight folds or coils of the am- 
mal were distinctly seen, and were about a fathom apart.” 
This is the statement of a Capt. De Ferry and others, whe 
saw the serpent with him. The account from others, who 
are said to have seen this monster of the deep, states, that 
when it was calm, it lay on the water in many folds; and 
that there were in a line with the head some small parts of 
the back to be seen above the surface of the water when it 
moves or bends; and that at a distance these appear like so 
many casks or hogsheads, floating ina line, with a consider- 
able distance between each of them. The historian adds, 
‘that many other persons on the coast of Norway had seen 
the Sea Serpent—and thought it a strange question, when 
seriously asked, whether there were such an animal in ex- 
istence; being as fully persuaded of the fact, as of the exis- 
tence of an eel or cod.” 
Extract of a letter to the Editor, dated Boston, April 8, 1820.. 
Lhave lately received a letter from Sir Joseph Banks, 
written by his own hand,* in which he expresses his full 
faith, in the existence of our Serpent of the Sea, and 
not only as it regards himself, but his friends, and he is 
grateful for every new communication I have given him on 
that subject, and writes with the same enthusiasm that he 
did several years ago although he is now very infirm. 
5. Revue Encyclopédique &e. 
Mr. Julien of Paris, has favoured me with various pub- 
lished works of which he is either author or editor. Among 
these interesting productions I can now notice only one, 
and that briefly. 
The ‘ Revue Encyclopédique ou analyse Raisonneée des 
productions les plus remarkables dans la literature, les sci- 
ences et les arts” published monthly, is a very able and in- 
teresting performance, concentrating ina good degree the m- 
tellectual light of the world, and marked by much impartiality 
* Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society of London, the com- 
panion of Capt. Cook, is now at a very advanced age but still vigorous in 
his intellectual powers, and ardent in the promotion of every species of use- 
ful knowledge.— Ed. 
