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the head. The same in sea-lions. If contracted, several rings of 
blubber surround the hind part of the head, which appears smaller 
than the neck; if stretched, the neck immediately gets much nar- 
rower and the head is broader than the neck. The expression 
“which probably was the consequence of its being provided with 
a mane” distinctly shows that the eye-witnesses, knowing that 
others at other times saw a mane, intended to explain the phenom- 
enon they observed by the presence of this mane, which they 
could impossibly see, “as the distance was too great.” 
9G. — 1832, Summer. — (Frormp’s Notizen, XX XV, n°. 756). 
“There is again question in Norway of the sea-serpent. It is said 
to have appeared and remained rather a long time in the Roédo- 
and Sddelow fjords this summer, and to have been seen by many 
persons. Distinct traces of it are said to have been found in the 
fields (2 ?).” 
We observe that Mr. Frorrmp adds two notes of interrogation 
after the last words. Evidently he is unable to explain them. Iam 
convinced of the truth that the sea-serpent appeared in the fjords 
above mentioned. As to the traces of it, I must tell my readers 
that the superstition of the Norwegian people has forged this fable 
ever since they first became aware that the sea-serpent frequented 
their fjords. We have already met with this tale in Ponroppipan’s 
Natural History of Norway, and probably the Norwegians will 
tell it us again, if we ask them now! 
97. — 1833, May, 15. — (Zoologist p. 1714, 1847). 
“On the 15th. of May, 1833, a party, consisting of Captain 
Sullivan, Lieutenants Maclachlan and Malcolm of the Rifle Brigade, 
Lieutenant Lyster of the Artillery, and Mr. Ince of the Ordnance, 
started from Halifax in a small yacht for Mahone Bay, some forty 
miles eastward, on a fishing excursion. The morning was cloudy, 
and the wind at S. S. E., and apparently rising. By the time we 
reached Chebucto Head, as we had taken no pilot with us, we 
deliberated whether we should proceed or turn back; but, after a 
consultation, we determined on the former, having lots of ports 
on our lee. Previous to our leaving town, an old man-of-war’s-man 
