262 | THE VARIOUS ACCOUNTS, (N°. ia 
which the writer of these lines has witnessed a few times in the 
North Sea, and when the inhabitants of the coast near Ibbestad , 
if not withheld by their fear of the supposed sea-monster, had 
rowed with their boats towards the animal, they would soon have 
observed without any doubt that the supposed intervals between 
the coils were nothing else but water.” 
The number of the Christiansands Posten was most probably 
one of the beginning of November or of the end of October. Con- 
sequently the appearance spoken of must have taken place some 
days before. At all events this is a proof of an appearance of the 
sea-serpent, swimming in vertical undulations, near Ibbestad , in 
Norway, at that time. 
LES, DES. — 1845. — The report of Captain M’Quuanz, 
which we shall meet with a little further on, induced Mr. J. D. 
Morrizs Sririine to write a letter on the sea-serpent to the Ad- 
miralty. | 
“By the courtesy” says the Editor of the //ustrated London News 
in his number of Oct., 28, 1848, “of the Secretary to the Ad- 
miralty, we have been favoured with the following letter from a 
gentleman long resident in Norway.” 
“13, Great Cumberland Street, October 25, 1848.” 
“My dear Sir, — I regret that I have not found the volumes 
referred to in our conversation respecting the recent authentication 
of the existence of the sea-serpent by Captain M’Quhae, of H. M. 
frigate Daedalus, but I will give you that part of the information 
which I remember best. Several years ago, a museum was established 
at Bergen, in Norway, the directors of which have, amongst other 
subjects of interest, turned their study to Natural History in 
general, and to the elucidation of some of its more doubtful or 
less known subdivisions. The question of the sea-serpent’s existence 
had previously attracted the attention of several scientific men in 
Northern Europe; and my friend, the late Dr. Newmann, Bishop 
of Bergen — a man much and justly respected for his learning, 
research and energy — made it the subject of mmquiry within the 
last twenty or twenty-five years among his clergy and those of the 
adjoining dioceses. The amount of proof thus collected was suffici- 
ent to convince any one, however sceptical, as it is not mere 
hearsay evidence, but the testimony of known and _ respectable 
persons in various walks of life. One of the most striking state- 
