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the Zimes of 1876, December 28, furnishes no news. — A rough 
drawing made by Mr. Anperson, and now in the possession of 
Rosert Horr, of Liverpool, owner of the steamer, hardly agrees 
with the depositions, and cannot give the idea of a salamander, a 
newt, or a frog. —(R. P. G.) 
1876.— Some Pitcairn islanders saw a sea-serpent near Norfolk 
Island. — Letter from one of the Pitcairn islanders to Mr. Parmer 
of Liverpool. — Liverpool Mercury, 24 February, 1877. — “Mr. Joun 
Apams and his boat’s crew saw it near Norfolk-Islands”. — Letter 
from Mr. Marcus LowtuER, Capt. R. N. of Penge, London, S. E., 
to Capt. Gro. Drevar (see p. 329). —(R. P. G.) 
1877, March. — Mr. R. A. Proctor, in his “Strange Sea-Mon- 
sters’ (Gentleman's Magazine) says amongst other assertions: “natur- 
alists have been far less disposed to be incredulous than the general 
public”. If it were only true! Hitherto at least zoologists have not 
admitted even the possibility of the existence of a still unknown 
species, called “sea-serpent”. —(R. P. G.) 
1877, July 15.— About two miles off the mouth of Gloucester 
Harbour, Mass. -- Mr. Grorer S. Wasson and Mr. B. L. Fernaxp. 
— Atlantic Monthly of June, 1884.—(R. P. G.) 
1878, summer. — Fjord near Aalesund. — Naturen, 1884, n°. 2. 
— (Forwarded to me by Prof. R. Conierr). 
1882, October 11. — Near Bude, Cornwall. — Hye-witnesses: 
Rev. E. Hieuron, Vicar of Bude, with several friends. — The 
Times of October 12, 1882. —(R. P. G.) 
1883, August. 1. — The Zvening News of this date commun- 
icates and gives partly a review of Mr. Lens Sea Monsters Un- 
masked, — (R. P. G.). 
1884, February. — Prof. R. Cotimrtr, of Christiania, wrote a 
paper in the Norwegian language headed Something on the sea- 
serpent (Naturen, 1884, n° 2). — The writer does not seem to 
be a believer in the existence of a sea-serpent. The arguments 
against its existence are 1. A sea-serpent of considerable dimen- 
sions would in the course of centuries not have failed to have been 
observed and caught. 2. In the depth of the Ocean there are un- 
doubtedly creatures, which as yet are unknown, but all specimens 
caught, be they as abnormal as possible, are referred to existing 
well-known forms. 3. No known vertebrated animal, can, on ac- 
count of its structure, move in vertical undulations. — Against 
these arguments I may say: 1. Before, 1861, and 1873 the kra- 
kens were fables, and yet they existed! Mr. Rarinesquz ScHMALTz 
