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fairly examined, and for the reason that the evidence alluded 
to is of a high character, and its weight can be set aside only 
by supposing that several persons of highly respectable char¬ 
acter committed perjury, without any conceivable motive to 
induce them to do it.” And of Captain West, who saw the 
fight, he says, — “ Captain West was well known in Boston, 
and no doubt there are many persons living there now, who 
can testify to his character.” 
From the Boston Daily Advertiser and Repertory , of July 4, 
1818. 
“ Hallowell, July 1. 
li More Evidence respecting the Sea-Serpent. — Mr. Schmid, 
who makes the affidavit, of which the following is a copy> 
was born at Araw, in Switzerland. He has good connections, 
and bears the character of a man of strict veracity. His chief 
residence, during the thirteen years in which he has been an 
inhabitant of this country, has been in the Middle and South¬ 
ern States. 
a ‘I, Samuel Schmid, of Philadelphia, testify and say as 
follows : — 
u 1 On Sunday, the 21st inst., between the hours of 5 and 6 
P. M , about two or three leagues to the E. N. E. of Cape Ann, 
being on board the Delia, Captain Shubael West, on my pas¬ 
sage from Boston to Hallowell in Maine, I saw, ahead of the 
vessel, a tall, white object, standing upright out of the water, 
which I thought might be a pillar set up for some particular 
purpose. I viewed it alone, therefore, seven or eight min¬ 
utes, till I finally saw its upper end waving about for a short 
time ; when, after giving a hard stroke to the water, it disap¬ 
peared. In about three or four minutes, this object rose 
again, when I called upon various persons, below in the ves¬ 
sel to come up and view it, which they did immediately. 
At this time a whale appeared spouting near it; and the ob¬ 
ject which stood up was, after a time, recognized as being 
the tail of some animal, and at length was concluded to be 
that of the noted Sea-Serpent. The tail was now seen to 
strike the water again several times. Both these great ob¬ 
jects then went below the surface of the sea. In a few min- 
