366 THE VARIOUS ACCOUNTS , [ N°. 152 a. | 
Undoubtedly the length of 75 feet is that of the part visible 
above the surface of the water. It is not mentioned whether the 
animal swam with its body in a straight line or in vertical undu- 
lations. It is not for the first time that we hear of the sea-serpent 
near Cape-Town, (for Argus must no doubt be read Cape Argus). 
I pass the dimension of the head as I don’t know that of a 54 
gallon hogshead. Remarkable is the comparison of the head with 
a bull-dog’s; it must have been seen in front, in order to make 
this impression. Again a mane was present and its colour is now 
called brown. 
193. — 1882, May 28th. —In the next account we read: 
“At our arrival in Newcastle, I learned that some days before 
some fishermen of Lewis had observed the same or a similar animal.”’ 
154. — 1882, May 31. — (Lilustrirte Zeitung of 1st. of July, 
1882). — 
“The following report, with the accompanying engraving has 
been forwarded to us by Mr. Weisz, Captain of the Stettin Lloyd 
Steamer Katie.” 
“When the Stettin Lloyd Steamer Adtie, on her return from 
New-York to Newcastle, on the 31st. of May of this year, shortly 
after sunset and in that clear light which in this season takes place 
in fine weather in high northern latitudes, was about eight miles 
W.N. W. of Butt of Lewis (Hebrides), we observed on starboard 
before us, at a distance of about two miles a dark object lying 
on the surface, which was only slightly moved by the waves; first 
we took it for a wreck, as the highest end resembled the bow 
and the forepart of a ship, and the remaining hilly part resembled 
the broken waist-cloth of a ship filled with water. As we got 
nearer we saw with a glass on the left of the visible object, the 
water moving in a manner, as if the object extended there under 
the water, and this motion was of the same length as the part of 
the object, visible above the surface. Therefore we took care, not 
to steer too near, lest the screw should be damaged by some float- 
ing pieces of the wreck. But on getting nearer observed that the 
object was not a wreck, and, if we had not known with certainty 
that on these coasts there are no shallows, we should have taken 
this dark connected row of hills for cliffs. When we, however, 
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