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y$u could often trace him by the motion of the water on 
the surface, from which circumstance, I conclude he did 
not swim deep. He apparently went as straight through 
the water as you could draw a line. When he changed 
his course, it diminished his velocity but little. The two 
extremes that were visible, appeared rapidly moving in 
opposite directions, and when they came parallel, they 
appeared not more than a yard apart. With a glass I 
could not take in, at one view, the two extremes of the 
animal, that were visible; I have looked at a vessel, at 
about the same distance, and could distinctly see forty- 
five feet. If he should be taken, I have no doubt that 
his length will be found seventy feet, at least, and I 
should not be surprized, if he should be found one hun- 
dred feet long. When I saw him, I was standing on an 
eminence on the sea shore, elevated about thirty feet 
above the surface of the water, and the sea was smooth. 
I never saw more than seven or eight distinct portions of 
him above the water at any one time, and he appeared 
rough; though I supposed that appearance was produced 
by his motion. When he disappeared, he apparently 
sunk directly down like a rock. 
Having thus presented our readers with a mass of 
evidence, which we consider as sufficient to establish the 
existence of this extraordinary animal beyond a doubt, 
and of the various observations and conjectures concern- 
ing it, we shall present them with the account of its 
scientific arrangement and character, as given by the 
committee of the Linnsean Society. 
About four weeks after the foregoing depositions had 
been received, a serpent of remarkable appearance was 
brought from Gloucester to B oston, and exhibited as 
the progeny of the great Serpent. It had been killed 
upon the sea shore by some labouring people of Cape 
Ann. Capt. Beach jum the possessor, very liberally 
submitted it to examination, and permitted an opening to 
to be made in the side for the inspection of its internal 
structure. The following appearances were the result of 
this examination. 
