236 THE VARIOUS ACCOUNTS, [N’. 83.] 
The description of the sea-serpent given here, may be summed 
up in the following words: When it came to the surface a rushing 
of the water was heard. The part which appeared out of water 
was about sixty feet in length. It held its head some feet above 
the surface of the water, swimming at a rate of two miles an 
hour, and showing bunches on its back. After some moments it 
gradually laid down its head in a horizontal position with its 
body, and floated along like the mast of a vessel, evidently swim- 
ming with its body in a straight line, using its flappers. The wake 
which it left behind was equal to that of a small vessel. Nothing 
is said of the skin, which evidently was smooth, otherwise the 
scales would have been seen and mentioned, for the animal ap- 
peared not far from the vessel. Nor does the sketch show any 
scales. The position of the head in the sketch, making nearly a 
right angle with its neck, may have led others to say it resembled 
that of a horse, if we take moreover in consideration that some 
individuals have a mane. The individual seen by Captain HotprecE 
and Mr. Warsurron evidently had no mane. 
4 — 1826, June 18. — In the same letter from Mr. War- 
BuRTON to Roserr Barcuay there is a passage which we have 
omitted above and which runs as follows: 
“'T'wo days after we saw him he was seen by another vessel off 
Cape Cod, about 200 miles from where he made his appearance 
to us. This intelligence reached New York about four days after 
we arrived there, and the description given exactly corresponds with 
the foregoing.” 
Evidently this was the same individual, or one of the same sex. 
In 1827 Dr. Hooxrr wrote the following paper for the Hainburgh 
Journal of Science, Vol. VI: 
“When we remember the numberless impositions concerning Na- 
tural History, which at various periods have been detected, it is 
not surprising that doubt should be a principal, nay, a necessary, 
qualification of the student of Nature. Yet we cannot but think 
that the scientific world in general has been too incredulous con- 
cerning the sea-serpent, seeing the mass of concurrent testimony 
which has been adduced to prove its existence. It is certainly true 
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