[Ne. AA]. REPORTS AND PAPERS. 179 
Daily Advertiser of Nov. 25, 1848, after the excitement caused 
by the appearance of the sea-serpent seen by the Daedalus (n°. 118). 
The whole is reprinted in the Zoologist of 1849, p. 2358, which 
I had the opportunity to consult. The part of the letter, treating 
of his visit runs as follows: 
“Boston, November, 1848.” 
“In the paper called the “Illustrated London News” of 28th. 
October, is an account given by Capt. M’Quhae, of H. R. M. ship 
Daedalus, of a sea-serpent, seen from his ship in August last, on 
her passage from the Hast-Indies, and between the Cape of Good 
Hope and St. Helena. The perusal of several articles on the subject 
leads me to send you a letter written by me on my passage from 
England to the United States, in August, 1820, to Jno. P. Cushing, 
my friend and then partner, residing at Canton in China. I also 
send you a memorandum from Commander Bolton, of the U. S. 
Navy, giving the report of the gentlemen of the Navy who were 
on board a tender called the Lynx, and who had a very favourable 
opportunity of satisfying themselves of the existence of the animal 
which had caused so much excitement. The serpent was seen in 
1817, 19, and ’20, from the shore, and the reports show the 
bunches to be produced by the vertical motion of the body when 
in action. From the drawings which accompany the letter of Capt. 
M’Quhae, there are none of the protuberances, and which would 
lead to the opinion that the animal seen on the other side of the 
Equator differs in genus from that which has been seen on our 
coast. The drawings of the sea-serpent seen on the coast of Norway, 
given in the report of the Bishop Pontoppidan, are identical with 
the appearance of the animal which has been so often spoken of 
as visiting our northern seas. T. H. Perkins.” 
“On board the ship Ann Marie, at sea, lat. 46, long. 44, Oct. 
13, 1820.” 
“My dear sir, — When on shore I have little time to spare 
from business to devote to details which I am now to communicate.” 
“During the past three years you will have seen accounts in the 
newspapers, or reports will have met you im another form of an 
immense sea-serpent having infested our shores in Boston Bay. The 
first appearance he made in the summer of 1817, in the harbour 
of Cape Ann. Wishing to satisfy myself on a subject on which 
there existed a great difference of opinion, I myself visited Glou- 
cester with Mr. Lee. On our way down we met several persons 
returning, who had visited the place where he was said to have 
