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_ PREFACE. 
were proved to be quite different from terrestrial stones. F: 
moment the belief in the existence of meteoric stones was fix 
for ever. es 
The author of the present Volume has been at the pa: 
collect all accounts concerning observations of Sea-Serpents. His 3 
has the same purpose as Cuuapni’s had in 1829. It is his s' 
hope that it may meet with the same success. 
Tue Haque, } A Geo. ion 
February 1%, 1891. ex 
