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pearance in this situation was like a string of buoys. I saw perhaps 
thirty or forty of these protuberances or bunches, which were about 
the size of a barrel. The head appeared to be about six or eight 
feet long, and where it was connected with the body was a little 
larger than the body. His head tapered off to the size of a horse’s 
head. I could not discern any mouth. But what I supposed to be 
his under jaw had a white stripe extending the whole length of 
the head, just above the water. While he lay in this situation, 
he appeared to be about a hundred or a hundred and twenty feet 
long. The body appeared to be of a uniform size. I saw no part 
of the animal which I supposed to be a tail. I therefore thought 
he did not discover to me his whole length. His colour was a deep 
brown or black. I could not discover any eyes, mane, gills, or 
breathing holes. I did not see any fins or legs. The animal did 
not utter any sound, and it did not appear to notice any thing. 
It remained still and motionless for five minutes or more. The wind 
was light with a clear sky, and the water quite smooth. He then 
moved to the southward; but not with so rapid a motion as | 
had observed before. He was soon out of my sight. The next 
morning I rose very early to discover him. There was a fresh 
breeze from the south, which subsided about eight o’clock. It then 
became quite calm, when I again saw the animal about a mile to 
the northward of my house, down the beach. He did not display 
so great a length as the night before, perhaps not more than 
twenty or thirty feet. He often disappeared , and was gone five or 
ten minutes under water. I thought he was diving or fishing for 
his food. He remained in nearly the same situation, and thus 
employed for two hours. I then saw him moving off, in a northeast 
direction, towards the light house. I could not determine whether 
its motion was up and down, or to the right and left. His quick- 
est motion was very rapid; I should suppose at the rate of fifteen 
or twenty miles an hour. Mackerel, manhaden, herring, and other 
bait fish abound in the cove where the animal was seen.” 
“Hikanah Finney.” 
“Plymouth ss. October 2, 1817. The above named Elkanah 
Finney appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing 
statement, by him subscribed, before me 
Nathaniel M. Davis, Jus Peace.” 
In vain have I tried to get a look at the above mentioned “first 
declarations in 1815”. 
Though the Committee now. ae the long wished-for drawing 
