[N°. 63. ] REPORTS AND PAPERS. 911 
calculated that the distance from the animal’s head to the last 
protuberance I had noticed, would be equa] to about five of those 
boats. I felt persuaded by this examination that he could not be 
less than eighty feet long; as he approached the shore and came 
between me and a point of land which projects from the eastern 
end of the Beach, I had another means of satisfying myself on 
this point.” | 
“After I had viewed him thus attentively for about four or five 
minutes, he sunk gradually into the water and disappeared; he 
afterwards again made his appearance for a moment at a short 
distance.” 
“My first reflection after the animal was gone, was, that the 
idea I had received from the description you gave of the animal 
you saw at (Gloucester, in 1817, was perfectly realized in this 
instance; and that I had discovered nothing you had not before 
described. The most authentic testimony given of his first appearance 
there seemed to me remarkably correct; and I felt as if the ap- 
pearance of this monster had been already familiar to me.” 
“After remaining some two or three hours on the Beach, without 
again seeing him, | returned towards Nahant; and in crossing 
the small beach, had another good view of him, for a longer time, 
but at a greater distance. At this time he moved more rapidly, 
causing a white foam under the chin, and a long wake, and his 
protuberances had a more uniform appearance. At this time he 
must bave been seen by two or three hundred persons on the 
beach and on the heights each side, some of whom were very 
favourable situated to observe him.” 
“IT am very respectfully” 
“vour obedient servant” 
“Samuel Cabot.” 
The Editor of the American Journal, Prof. Brensamin Sruniman, adds: 
“It is almost superfluous to add, that Mr. Cabot and his friend 
Col. Perkins, are gentlemen of the fixst standing and consideration.” 
In Oct. 18, 1820, Col. T. H. Perkins, when on board the 
Ann Marie, wrote a letter to his friend Mr. Jno. P. Cusuine; he 
published it in the Boston Daily Advertiser of 1848, Nov. 25; a 
passage of it runs as follows: 
“Besides the instances I have mentioned, there were many others 
reported of his having been seen the same year. In that year, 1817, 
although there were several reports of his having been seen, yet they 
were not well authenticated, nor do I place any confidence in them.” 
