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APPENDIX. 
Salem, Aug. 20. 
The Sea-Monster. — The Cape Ann Sea-Monster 
was seen on Monday and on Tuesday morning. 
By the following account, copied from a file of the 
Salem Gazette, printed in 1793, it appears that one 
at least of these extraordinary inhabitants of the deep 
has before appeared on our coast: — 
Portland, Aug. 3, 1793. 
Sea-Monster. —Captain Crabtree, who lately 
arrived at Frenchman’s Bay, and now in this town, 
gives the following extraordinary account of a Sea- 
Serpent, the authenticity of which may be depend¬ 
ed on : — 
“ On the 20th of June last, being on my passage 
from the W. Indies, in the morning, having just made 
Mount Desert Island, distant nearly ten leagues, I 
suddenly got sight of a serpent of an enormous size, 
swimming on the surface of the ocean, its head 
elevated about six or eight feet out of water, rather 
prone forward. That part of the body which was out 
of water I judged to be about the size of a barrel in 
circumference, but the head larger, having some 
resemblance of a horse’s. According to the most 
accurate computation which I made in my mind of 
his length, I think it could not be less than from 
fifty-five to sixty feet, and perhaps longer. That 
part of the body which was not elevated, but of 
which I had a distinct view several times, was larger 
than the part out of water. The body of a dark 
brown. 
“ I was within two hundred yards of it near an 
hour; during which time, as it discovered no inclina¬ 
tion to molest us, myself and the whole crew observed 
it with the minutest attention; nor was its attention 
less fixed on us. The eyes were perfectly black, 
sharp and piercing. I was so near it as to observe 
clearly that there were no fins or external appendages 
