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hindpart. The colour of the animal seemed to me to be a very 
dark grey one. What I believed to be the eyes, had according to 
my estimation the size of the outlines of a tea-cup (34, inches). 
At the back of the head there was a mane, which had the same 
colour as the rest of the body.” 
LOS. — 1837, end of July. — (Frorier’s Neue Notizen, Vol. 
Wen. 67: p. 7, October. wean), 
“About the much mentioned Sea-Serpent the Drontheim News- 
paper contains, as is ascertained, from an enlightened and trust- 
worthy gentleman, the followimg statement: “Uncommonly early 
in this Summer our coasts and fjords were blessed with a mass of 
fat herrings, of which till to-day very few were cleaned and pickled, 
because the uncommon greasiness of the herrings made it difficult 
to preserve them in the warm air, which, however, was so bene- 
ficient to agriculture. Since the beginning of the dog-days the sea- 
serpent appeared on different spots in this country; one of these 
sea-monsters seems to have constantly remained near Storfosen and 
the Krovaag Isles; several fishermen were terrified in the highest 
degree, when the sea-serpent suddenly came down so near to them, 
that they had no time to think, to which side they should fly. 
It is true this terrible visitor properly has not made an attack, 
but it has followed the boat for a long distance, when one has 
tried to fly in a great hurry, so that the men overworked them- 
selves, and some of the runaways fell ill afterwards. It 1s ascertained 
by quite trustworthy persons, that the length of the sea-serpent 
may be estimated from 600 to 800 ells, or perhaps still more, 
because if one was near its head, the other end of the sea-animal 
was not to be discerned distinctly. The sea-serpent is thickest just 
behind the head, apparently as thick as a large horse; its black 
and dark eyes are as large as an ordinary plate, without being 
glossy or very movable; the skin is smooth and of a dark colour; 
on the nose there are thick hairs, as on a seal’s, two or three 
quarters of an ell long, also on the neck there is something mo- 
vable, which resembles the mane of a horse; the mouth, as far 
as the writer knows, has not been seen distinctly, and it is quite 
uncertain whether the animal is a beast of prey or not. Rarely 
does the sea-serpent appear but in calm weather; its motions and 
shape are serpentine. These observations are distinctly made in these 
