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SEA MONSTERS UNMASKED. 
the surface of the water, extending about thirty feet, and varying 
from five to six feet in height. On inspecting it by means of a 
FIG. 22. — THE " SEA SERPENT" AS SEEN FROM H.M. YACHT * OSBORNE.' 
PHASE I. 
telescope, at about one and a-half cables' distance, I distinctly saw 
a head, two flappers, and about thirty feet of an animal's shoulder. 
FIG. 23.— THE " SEA SERPENT " AS SEEN FROM H.M. YACHT * OSBORNE.' 
PHASE 2. 
The head, as nearly as I could judge, was about six feet thick, the 
neck narrower, about four to five feet, the shoulder about fifteen 
