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  sceptical 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  the 
  so-called 
  " 
  Sea-Serpent," 
  but, 
  in 
  

   proposing 
  explanations 
  of 
  what 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  seen, 
  he 
  has 
  not 
  

   consulted 
  Prof. 
  Collett's 
  memoir 
  on 
  ' 
  Chlamydoselachus 
  anguineus.' 
  

   Mr. 
  Bullen 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  Great 
  Albatross 
  is 
  never 
  seen 
  alive 
  

   north 
  of 
  the 
  Equator, 
  and 
  is 
  inclined 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  Mollvmauk 
  

   "is 
  not 
  found 
  any 
  further 
  north 
  than 
  its 
  great 
  relative" 
  ; 
  but 
  

   Diomedea 
  melanophrys 
  has 
  undoubtedly 
  visited 
  the 
  Orkneys, 
  and 
  

   an 
  exhausted 
  individual, 
  as 
  recorded 
  in 
  these 
  pages, 
  was 
  captured 
  

   in 
  Cambridgeshire 
  in 
  1897. 
  However, 
  we 
  do 
  not 
  wish 
  to 
  be 
  

   critical 
  on 
  a 
  book 
  chat 
  absolutely 
  reeks 
  of 
  the 
  ocean, 
  and 
  recalls 
  

   the 
  days 
  and 
  sights 
  appertaining 
  to 
  early 
  passages 
  made 
  in 
  

   sailing-vessels 
  ; 
  the 
  illustrations 
  are 
  revelations 
  of 
  the 
  sea, 
  in 
  

   some 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  see 
  the 
  great 
  swell, 
  the 
  swirl 
  and 
  heave, 
  the 
  

   spray, 
  and 
  other 
  features, 
  in 
  happy 
  contrast 
  to 
  the 
  wooden 
  

   waves 
  or 
  flat 
  surface 
  of 
  glass 
  so 
  frequently 
  depicted. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bullen 
  is 
  a 
  teleologist. 
  In 
  describing 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mysticetus, 
  or 
  Bight 
  Whale, 
  he 
  writes 
  :.— 
  " 
  The 
  Almighty 
  has 
  

   ordained 
  that 
  these 
  vast 
  denizens 
  of 
  the 
  frozen 
  Northern 
  Seas 
  

   shall 
  be 
  at 
  no 
  pains 
  to 
  secure 
  an 
  abundant 
  supply 
  of 
  food." 
  But 
  

   he 
  almost 
  immediately 
  records 
  how 
  "the 
  fierce 
  Orca 
  gladiator 
  , 
  

   or 
  Killer 
  Whale, 
  attacks 
  and 
  overcomes 
  them"; 
  the 
  Sword-fish 
  

   (Xiphias) 
  " 
  attacks 
  the 
  Mysticetus 
  with 
  almost 
  maniacal 
  fury 
  " 
  ; 
  

   he 
  is 
  absolutely 
  certain 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  seen 
  the 
  "Thresher 
  " 
  Shark 
  

   (Alopecias 
  vulpes) 
  "attacking 
  the 
  Whale 
  at 
  close 
  quarters," 
  and 
  

   that 
  this 
  unfortunate 
  mammal 
  " 
  is 
  begirt 
  with 
  enemies." 
  Is 
  it 
  

   not 
  better 
  to 
  bear 
  in 
  mind 
  "that 
  the 
  whole 
  creation 
  groaneth 
  

   and 
  travaileth," 
  and 
  there 
  leave 
  the 
  matter? 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  book 
  to 
  take 
  to 
  sea 
  with 
  us, 
  to 
  advocate 
  for 
  ship- 
  

   libraries, 
  and 
  to 
  read 
  at 
  home 
  when 
  we 
  would 
  wish 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  waters 
  with 
  their 
  world 
  were 
  all 
  before." 
  

  

  