584. APPENDIX. 
&c., see p. 431, line 6 from below to p. 432, line 5 from above. 
2. Do “naturalists” not constantly refer the sea-serpents to existing 
well-known forms? 3. Among Reptiles the Plesiosaurians had a 
long neck and this neck could certamly be bent vertically; among 
Birds the swans are able to bend the long neck vertically, and all 
Mammals can move in vertical undulations, especially the A/ustelina , 
Lutrina, and Pinnipedia; and the horizontal position of the tail 
of the Sirena and Plagiuri is a strong proof that their ancestors 
moved in vertical undulations. — Prof. Corixrr’s private opinion 
is that the sea-serpents observed in the fjords of Norway, were 
mostly specimens of the basking shark. J, however, firmly believe 
that the Norwegian fishermen know the basking shark so well, 
that such an animal would never have been taken by them for a 
sea-serpent! ‘They know these sharks and their habits far better, 
I should think, than Prof. Mircaizi, Prof. Mantens,, Prof. MEz- 
vintE, Mr. Buckianp and Prof. Lirxen all together. Moreover in 
none of their descriptions there is question of a backfin, or of back- 
fins, which are the first visible parts of a basking shark! 
1884, June. — The Trail of the Sea-Serpent , by Mr. J.G. Woon, 
in the Atlantic Monthly. —- A very interesting paper, with histor- 
ical notes and many new appearances, however, not without some 
zoological inaccuracies. He believes the sea-serpent to be an elon- 
gated whale, a Basilosaurus or an animal allied to it, and that 
the short neck of the Basz/osawrus may be an error of the restorer 
(nota bene/). — (R. P. G.). 
1884, June 2. — The Manchester Guardian gives a review of 
Mr. J. G. Wooo’s paper, and as Mr. Woop comes to the conclu- 
sion that the animal must be an elongated whale, the Manchester 
Guardian ends (how insipid!): ,,Very like a whale”. —(R. P. G)). 
1885, October 4. — Near Umhlali (Umlazi?) in Morewood’s 
Bay , South Africa. — (R. P. G.). 
1886(?), summer. — Prof. Heppiz informs me that a few sum- 
mers ago, (and from one sentence of his letter I deduce that it 
was before 1887) a sea-serpent was seen in Loch Duich. “The 
description was very much what we are familiar with”. 
1886, August. (N° 158, see p. 376). — The description of the 
eyes as having a greenish hue struck me so, that I at first did 
not attach belief to the assertion (see p. 377 and 497), but now 
I know that this is not an impossibility, as I since observed that 
the tapetum lucidum of the eye of a dog may reflect the dayhen | 
as well in a reddish as in a greenish hue. 
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