474 MI5CKLL*»lBOr8 WOKDSHS OF KATtf**' 
Seqjent is represented as much longer, and 
tionate bulk. " Thoughone cannot,” says the ^ 
an opportunity of taking tlie exact dimensi® 
creature, yet all who have seen it are unanimous.^ 
ing, as far as they can judge at a distance, that 
to be tlie length of a cable, i. e. one hundr^ 
or six hundred English feet ; that it lies on t‘j®_ jpii ^ 
the water, when it is very calm, in many fold*. 
tliere are, in a line with the head, some sroi 
all 
-«ll 
above tlie surface of the 
These at a distance appear 
back to be seen 
moves or bends, xnescaia uisiauce 
casks or hogsheads floating in a line, with a const 
tance between them. Mr. Tuchsen, of Heroe, -< ‘ 
one of tlie many correspondents I have, who •' 
that he has observed the dilFerence between * ppest’ ,f 
the tail of this creature, as to thickness. It 
, 
it does not, like the eel or land snake, taper |j' 
point, but that the body, which looks to be a® ^ tW 
hogsheads, grows remarkably small at once rjj,)i 
begins. The head in all the kinds has a od'^ f 
forehead, but in some a pointed snout, though ' j(filsi^ 
is flat, like that of a cow or horse, with 
several stiff hairs standing out on each side, h (ir^ 
The accounts add, that the eyes of this crea ^^iip 
large, of a blue colour, and looked like ■ s ,k|i' 
bright pewter plates. The whole animal ' 
brown colour, but speckled and variegate ,g]l. ^ 
streaks or spots, which shine like tortois^ ili| 
K 
say it sheds its skin like the land snake. 
destructive to this creature, that it is never 
surface of the water but in the greatest calm pCj 
gust of wind drives it immediately to 
It shoots through the water like an arrow 
seeking constantly the coldest places. I hav® 
by some of our seafaring men that a cable / 
long enough to measure the length of some o |p 
they are observed on the surface of the w* ^ 
line. They say those round lumps or fold* 
one after another as far as a man can see." 
The report of the Committee of the 
adds r “ We have seen and heard sundry 
of various authority, relating to similar anim* ' 
