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of the Sea-Serpent, it did not publish it, nor did it state why it 
did not. The “questions” of which Mr. Davis writes will be 
presented to our readers hereafter. We see that the animal may 
remain quite still on the surface of the water, keeping, however, 
its coils, or joints, or bunches. It was a large individual. Its head 
seemed to be from 6 to 8 feet, its whole length far above one 
hundred and twenty feet. “Its head was a little larger than the 
body”, we must of course read: “Its head was a little broader 
than the neck’. It had a white stripe extending over the whole 
length of the head, just above the water, in the place where the 
underjaw must have been. We may look upon all the statements 
of Capt. Finnzy, as to the animal’s colour, dimensions, motions, 
&c. as quite correct: he was a man too well acquainted with the 
different sea-animals, to be mistaken in any observation. Moreover, 
all his statements will soon and successively be repeated over and 
over again, till there remains not a shadow of doubt of their 
truth, which, in my opinion, is now already the case. 
8G. — 1816? — In the “Voyages” of the well known Orro 
voN KorzeBuE, which appeared in Weimar in 1821, translated 
into English, in London, 1821, and mto Dutch, in Amsterdam , 
1822, we read that on the Isle of Unalaska, one of Aleutes, he 
had made the acquaintance of a Mr. Krivuxor, living there since 
1795, and bemg Agent of the American Company. Von KorzEsue 
writes : 
“Mr. Kriukof’s description of a sea animal which pursued him 
at Behring’s Island, where he had gone for the purpose of hunting, 
is very remarkable. Several Aleutians affirm they have often seen 
this animal. It is of the shape of the Red serpent, and immensely 
long; the head resembles that of the sea-lion, and two dispropor- 
tionately large eyes give it a frightful appearance. “It was very 
fortunate for us” said Kriukof, “that we were so near land, or 
else the monster would have swallowed us: it stretched its head 
far above the water, looked about for prey, and vanished. The 
head soon appeared again, and that considerably nearer: we rowed 
with all our might, and were very happy to have reached the 
shore before the serpent. The sea-lions were so terrified at the 
sight, that some rushed into the water, and others hid themselves 
on the shore. The sea often throws up pieces of flesh which, ac- 
