192 THE VARIOUS ACCOUNTS, [1S 
Dr. Haminton in his Amphibious Carnivora, 1839, “Groep IIT’, 
devoted a few pages to the “Report of a Committee’, giving a_ 
very short extract from it. 
I will insert here an extract from a letter written by Epwarp 
Everett, Esq., Nov. 13, 1817, then in Paris, to the “Obermedicinal- 
rath und Ritter” Brumensacs in Gottingen. This extract, here printed 
for the first time, is preserved in the Library of the Royal University 
of Gottingen; it runs as follows: 
“With Respect to the monstrous Serpent, of which I furnished 
you some account, before leaving Gottingen, I am sorry to say 
that the Reports, which circulated in the newspapers of his capture , 
were incorrect, and that he has escaped. Great attempts were made, 
and large sums of money offered, in Vain. I begun to collect a 
full account of him out of 3800 American Newspapers, which I 
intended for You, but as I hear that a pamphlet, on the subject, 
is preparing by our Linnaean Society, which will contain depositions 
made on Oath, I have prefered waiting, till this appears, and I 
shall have it sent to you immediately. I have received to-day a 
letter of Oct. 25 from my brother, in which he informs me, 
that a few days after the Serpent disappeared — a Young 
Serpent, 3 feet long, corresponding with the large one in appear- 
ance, was taken. This was brought to Boston, has been dissected , 
and pronounced a Non-descript, by the Connoisseurs there. This 
will also be described in the pamphlet of the Linnaean Society. 
Upon the subject of the Serpent four letters have been written by 
Gen. Humphreys of Boston-—a member of the Royal Society — 
to Sir Joseph Banks; so that it is possible something may appear 
in the Philosophical Transactions about it.” 
Afterwards we shall read more of the attempts to catch the Sea- 
Serpent. It is a pity that Mr. Evererr never published his collec- 
tion! Most probably it has gradually disappeared in the paper-basket! 
Apparently Mr. Everrrr and Mr. Biumenpacn corresponded much 
about the serpent: I also found a list of ancient works in which 
the sea-serpent and large snakes are mentioned, forwarded by the 
former to the latter, and in the above-mentioned letter EvErErt 
calls the Sea-Serpent “Our old friend the Serpent.” 
