929 THE VARIOUS ACCOUNTS, [1819.] . 
Joseph was satisfied of the existence of the serpent, though he 
continued doubtful of the relationship between the small snake 
(figure 1 of the Linnaean pamphlet) and the large serpent.” 
In October, 1828, Mr. Mircuin1 read a paper before the New 
York Lyceum, which paper will be found in our Chapter on Hoaxes. 
As we have already observed, this paper also contains a particular 
account concerning the letters addressed by General Humpureys to 
Sir JosepH Banks. 
Again Dr. Haminron, in his Amphibious Carnivora, 1839, asserts: - 
“General Humphreys, by whom the affidavits were taken, trans- 
mitted a copy of them, and a detail of the whole circumstance, 
to the late Sir Joseph Banks, in whose Library the documents are 
still preserved.” 
Remarkable fact! Nowhere I have found a paper of Sir Josmra 
Banks himself, neither in the Z'ransactions of the Royal Society 
of London, nor anywhere else. I beg the present members of this 
Very Learned Body to give me the loan of all the papers about 
the subject, or to publish them in their next volume. 
2. — 1820, July? — Mr. A. pe Capers, Brooxe in his Zravels 
through Sweden, during the Summer of 1820, relates at p. 263: 
“Durmg the time I remained at Hundholm a curious circum- 
stance occurred: One day when at dinner at Mr. Blackhall’s house, 
and thinking little of the sea-serpent, concerning which I had 
heard nothing for some time, a young man, the master of a small 
fishing yacht, which had just come in from Drontheim, joint our 
party; in the course of conversation, he mentioned that a few 
hours before, whilst close to Hundholm, and previous to his enter- 
ing the harbour, two sea-snakes passed immediately under his yacht. 
When he saw them he was on the deck, and, seizing a handspike, 
he struck at them as they came up close to the vessel on the 
other side, upon which they disappeared. Their length was very 
great, and their colour greyish; but from the very short time they 
were visible, he could not notice any other particulars. He had no 
doubt of their bemg snakes as he called them, and the circumstance 
was related entirely of his own accord.” 
