THE SEA SERPENT, 
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L f J' bj different persons ; but do not insert them 
C'«tu because we consider the foregcing testimony 
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vAbo,,, as the preceding documents." 
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P^dde the existence of the animal beyond a 
beii’c 'd ^ddause they do not appear so minute and so well 
V*' ha k' '^dCKS aner me aepositions, me suttstance ot 
^pbeen given above, had been received, a young 
' 3 remarkable appearance was brought from 
Boston, and exhibited as the progeny of the 
v*b6p.f ®6rpent. It had been killed in a meadow situated 
>si®”i'dal 
r weeks after the depositions, the substance ot 
shore of Cape Ann, within 150 paces of high 
aitfi I* by a planter, who, with a pitchfork, conf ned 
ViQ]^_dgainst some loose rocks. He exhibited the 
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fighting. 
biting himself twice, holding on, and 
ih ^ planter’s expression) as one dog shakes 

. o--.„ 5 . His tail seemed likewise a weapon of 
>Hl ->;vef .fid struck the end of it against the handle of tlie 
y f'tnes. His progressive movement was vertical, 
was produced, first by contracting, and then 
body. When contracted, the animal was 
ddd 3 half in length ; and the pro- 
fi'* back were then at least three times as large 
A ^;j'vas extended. 
Linngean Society having inspected 
% '’^tRe internal structure of this animal, which 
\ '^>tp ‘fi® SCOLIOPHIS AtLANTICUS, or IXEXUOUS 
3'he Atlantic, proceed to remark that it lias 
a A*'? external characters of a serpent, but is 
’Ci!®'^0iic^'^!?'^'3nces along the back, apparently formed bv 
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1 p,Q fi'^tinguished from all others of that class by a 
'lioijg '^fi'^tances along the back, apparently formed by 
ili *t, spine. These protuberances are forty in 
A)j places size is proportioned to that of the body, 
be they are respectively situated. Thus the 
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with facility upward and downward, a 
lAfi to other serpents. The whole 
' 'ti a rv,- tttfitnal is 2 feci 1 1 A inches. 
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& anatomical description of the Scoliophis 
b>nwC?7°:t -S serpent) tl le Committee di.scuss 
''^I'^'t'er it IS to be so identified with the Great 
(A’t to be considered of the same sjiecies. Tlie 
remark, at nearly the same timetind place, 
t®s agreeing with each other hi certain impor* 
