[ 1827. | REPORTS AND PAPERS. 239 
“We sincerely hope that these few bare facts may satisfy all 
upon this much agitated question; at least we think they must 
remove the ideal connection between our serpent, and 
“That sea-snake, enormous curled , 
“Whose monstruous circle girds the world.” 
“It can now no longer be considered in association with hydras 
and mermaids, for there has been nothing said with regard to it 
inconsistent with reason. It may at least be assumed as a sober 
fact in Natural History quite unconnected with the gigantic exploits 
of the God Thor, or the fanciful absurdities of the Scandinavian 
mythology. We cannot suppose, that the most ultra-sceptical can 
now continue to doubt with regard to facts attested by such 
highly respectable witnesses.” 
It is a deplorable fact that all the endeavours of such an eminent 
scientist to convince zoologists of the existence of tea have 
been in vain! 
German translations of the whole of Dr. Hooxsr’s paper as well 
as of the letters from Dr. Boorr and Mr. Warsurton are in 
Frorier’s JVotizen, of April, 1827, Vol. XVII, n°. 356, p. 49. 
In the American Journal of Science and Arts, Vol. XII, June 
1827, the editor, Prof. Bensamin SILLIMAN, says: 
“To us it seems a matter of surprise, that any person who has 
examined the testimony, can doubt the existence of the Sea-Ser- 
pent; the documents communicated by Dr. Bigelow of Boston, and 
published in the second volume of this Journal, in 1820, were 
in our judgment alone sufficient, to settle the question: the follo- 
wing letter is an important additional document.” 
This is the letter from Mr. Warsurton to Mr. Barcuay, re- 
printed evidently from the Mdinb. Journal (n°. 83, 84). 
SD. — 1827, August 24. — According to Frorrme’s Wotizen 
Wol> XIX, in’. 409, pelea 
“the Wamieyacle “Handelszeitung” fappaventis of the 3d. or 4th. 
of September, 1827), “contains fresh intelligence of the Sea-Serpent, 
which confirms what has been published by Captain de Capell Brooke.” 
“In the last days of the last month an animal was seen by 
several trustworthy men in Christianiafjord, which, according to 
the description, appears to be a sea-serpent of extraordinary dimen- 
sions. On the lst of this month five eyewitnesses were heard before 
