NOTES. 
Note 1. (Page 2) 
Pontoppidan, a bishop of Bergen, in Norway, who wrote in 
the year 1751, says, page 195, sec. 4 : — “ The Soe-Ormen, the 
sea-snake, serpens marinus magnus , called by some in this 
country the Aaale-Tuft, is a wonderful and terrible sea-mon¬ 
ster, which extremely deserves to be taken notice of by those 
who are curious to look into the works of the Creator. This 
creature keeps himself in the bottom of the sea, except in July 
and August. In all my inquiries about these affairs, I have 
hardly spoken with any intelligent person, bom in the manor 
of Norland, who was not able to give a pertinent answer and 
strong assurance of the existence of this fish. And some of 
our North-traders, who come here every year with their mer¬ 
chandise, think it a very strange question, when they are se¬ 
riously asked if there is any such creature ; they think it as 
ridiculous as if the question was seriously put to them, whether 
there be such fish as eel or cod.” 
Note 2. (Page 5.) 
“ In Ullands parish there is a lake of a middling size, which 
is said to have in it these snakes; and the lake Store Mios, 
in Hedemarken, is long and deep enough for the largest ships. 
“ Ol. Magnus, Lib. XXI. Cap. xvii., Petr. Undalinus, in his 
description of Norway, Cap. vii. p. 36, and John Ramus, P. 
