[ Ne. 82. REPORTS AND PAPERS 233 
Mr. Andrew Strang, a gentleman of unblemished honour.” “Once, 
when on a deep-sea fishing, he saw pass below his boat, at the 
depth of eight or ten feet, an enormously long fish, of an eel- 
shape. It was swimming slowly with a vermicular motion, and 
appeared to be at least sixty feet in length.” It appeared to take 
no notice of them; but they hastily removed from what they con- 
sidered a dangerous neighbourhood. He stated that he was shy in 
mentioning this circumstance, “lest the sceptical public should class 
him with the fableloving Bishop of Bergen.” There is considerable 
reason to believe that a similar fish has appeared more than once 
on the western coasts of Scotland.” 
Neither date nor locality is mentioned. I don’t hesitate to put 
the date at nearly thirty years back, and to choose the year 1825, 
and to fix the locality on the western coasts of Scotland, because 
of all the coasts of Great Britain only the western ones are frequented 
by these animals. I know but one occurrence on the eastern coast 
of Scotland, of which I have three observations (n°. 141, 142, 
143). I am convinced that the animal seen by Mr. ANDREW StRANG 
was a sea-serpent. Its enormous length of at least sixty feet, its 
vermicular motion, its eel-shape, at once betray it. Evidently the 
animal moved only by vertical undulations, holding its four flappers 
pressed against its body, otherwise Mr. Strane would have com- 
pared it with “an alligator with flappers like those of a sea-turtle 
and with a long neck,” as did Captain Hops (n°. 119.) 
SB. — 1826, June 16. — Mew York Advertiser of June Miia 
1826, and American Journal of Science and Arts, Vol. XI, 1826.) 
“Capt. Holdrege, of the ship Silas Richards, which arrived 
yesterday from Liverpool, states that in passing George’s Bank, 
five days since, he had a fair view of the sea-serpent. It was about 
ten rods from the ship, the sea perfectly calm, and that part 
which appeared out of water about sixty feet in length. The head 
and protuberances were similar to the representations which have 
frequently been given to him by persons who had seen him near 
Cape Ann. He was going at a very slow rate, and appeared un- 
mindful of the ship. He was visible about seven minutes to the 
passengers and crew, who were on deck at the time. A certificate 
has been drawn up and signed by the passengers, which, with a 
drawing made by one of the gentlemen, gives a minute description 
