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I judged him to be about seventy feet long. I sat in 
the stern of the boat, and had a better opportunity of 
seeing him than the others, who were rowing. 
Benjamin King. 
Essex, ss. August 10, 1820. — Subscribed and 
sworn to before 
John Prince, Jun., Jus. Pads. 
I, Joseph Ingalls, of Lynn, of lawful age, depose 
and say,— That on Saturday, August 5th, I saw the 
animal described by Mr. Reynolds and the others who 
went with him in the boat. I saw him from my 
shop, which is on the water’s edge ; I judged him to 
be about twenty feet long ; but when the young men 
returned to {he shop, we had a conversation about 
him, and they said, that, as they drew near to him, he 
appeared much longer than he did when they saw 
him from the shop. I have no doubt that the descrip¬ 
tion they have given of him is correct. 
Joseph Ingalls. 
Essex, ss. August 10, 1820. — Subscribed and 
sworn to before 
John Prince, Jun., Jus. Pads. 
1821 . 
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Portsmouth, August 4. 
The Sea-Serpent. — On Thursday afternoon, 
about 4 o’clock, as Mr. Samuel Duncan, of New¬ 
castle, (an inspector employed in the custom-house 
of this port,) was engaged in fishing near the entrance 
of this harbour, he saw the Sea-Serpent lying asleep 
on the water, about a quarter of a mile from Bush 
Island. He at first supposed it to be a large log float¬ 
ing on the water; but on approaching within about 
one hundred yards, the serpent immediately moved 
