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after attempting to release their companion, swam away upon its 
descent, exhibiting signs of the greatest terror.” 
“On July 18 this or another sea-serpent was again seen, about 
200 yards off the stern of the vessel, shooting itself along the 
surface, 40 ft. of its body being out of the water at a time. Again, 
on the same day, it was seen once more, with its body standing 
quite perpendicular out of the water to the height of 60 ft. This 
time it seemed as if determined to attack the vessel, and the crew 
and officers armed themselves with axes for self defence.” | 
“Captain Drevar is a singularly able and observant man, and 
those of the crew and officers with whom I conversed were singul- 
arly intelligent; nor did any of their descriptions vary from one 
another in the least — there were no discrepancies.” | 
This report translated into German appeared in the L//ustrirte 
Zeitung of Dec. 4th. 1875. 
We observe that the so-called fight between the sea-serpent and 
the spermwhale took place in 5°13’ S. lat., 35° W. long, i.e. near 
Cape San Roque (Hastern coast of Brazil), and that the barque 
Pauline on October 21 of that year was at Zanzibar, laden with 
coals. The reports were evidently copied from the Captain’s journal 
or log-book, and the figure was drawn by the Rev. HE. L. Penny, 
at Zanzibar. The barque did not return directly to England, but 
steered for Akyab (British Burmah); from where she sailed home, 
for we read in the //ustrated London News of January 18, 1877 
(p. 35, third column): 
“The great sea-serpent will not be ignored. He has now appear- 
ed, by affidavit, in a police court. The captain and crew of a 
vessel called the Pauline which has arrived in the Mersey from 
Akyab, report that in July, 1875, off Cape San Roque, on the 
north-east coast of Brazil, they saw the great sea-serpent. On 
Thuesday, the captain, whose name is Drevar, appeared before the 
stipendiary magistrate of Liverpool, Mr. Raffles, and expressed a 
wish, on his own behalf and that of his crew, to make a declar- 
ation affirming the truth of their statements respecting the serpent. 
Mr. Raffles desired Captain Drevar to prepare a written declara- 
tion and bring it before him. This captain Drevar did, on Wed- 
nesday, accompanied by a number of his crew. The declaration is 
to the effect that he and others on board the Pauline, on July -8, 
1875, while in latitude 5 deg. 13 min. S., longitude 35 deg. W., 
observed three large spermwhales, one of which was gripped round 
the body with two turns of what appeared to be a huge serpent. 
