358 | THE VARIOUS ACCOUNTS , [N’. 14m 
have often seen, with a bull-dog appearance of the forehead and 
eyebrow. When the monster had drawn its head sufficiently out 
of the water it let itself drop, as it were, like a huge log of 
wood, prior to darting forward under the water. This motion 
caused a splash of about fifteen feet in height on either side of 
the neck, much in shape of a pair of wings.” 
“Major Senior’s statement is countersigned by the two persons — 
whom he mentions as co-witnesses, and he expresses his willingness 
to answer any questions which may be put to him by any one 
interested in the subject. His address while on furlough is Rose- 
bank Villa, Southfield Rode, Cotham, Bristol.” 
The appearance took place in the Gulf of Aden, as pointed out 
by the latitude and longitude. The account here is very correct as 
Y now will try to show. The colour of the animal is called black 
and the appearance of the skin was that it was without scales. 
The head and neck, about two feet in diameter, rose out of the 
water to a height of about twenty or thirty feet, and the animal 
opened its jaws wide as it rose, evidently swallowing some fish, 
captured under water in its pursuit of a shoal of them, and closed 
them again as it lowered its head and darted forward for a dive, 
reappearing almost immediately some hundred yards ahead. The 
body was not visible at all, and must have been some depth 
under water, as the disturbance on the surface was too slight to. 
attract notice. This is very natural, as I have already pointed out 
on a former occasion: if the head and neck are above the surface, 
the remaining parts of the body must carry their weight and sink 
a little below the surface. Not very much, however, for the 
foreflappers, as well as the hindflappers, paddling very rapidly 
caused a splash distinctly visible on the base of the neck (or on 
the shoulders), and “occasionally a splash was seen at some distance 
behind the head”. Examining the figure, which is very exact, we 
may take it that the foremost splash was caused by the foreflappers, 
about twenty-five feet in the rear of the head, the very same place 
where the officers of the Daedalus (n°. 118) “occasionally saw a 
fin”, and that about twenty-five feet more backward the hindmost 
splash was caused by the hindflappers, the place, where Captain 
M’QvHaAzE (n°. 118) “occasionally saw another fin’. The animal 
seen from the Daedalus seems to have been a little smaller than 
that seen from the City of Baltimore. The comparison of the head 
with a dragon’s is a little far-fetched. The animal furiously pursuing 
its prey, sometimes opening its jaws, knitting its heavy eye-brows, 
