162 
APPENDIX. 
nication on the subject to the public ; but no one 
thought it worth while to wait upon him to receive 
it, so much having been already said.] 
1822 . 
The Sea-Serpent. —Several gentlemen at Na- 
hant, on Sunday last, had a distant view of this cele¬ 
brated monster of the deep, whose periodical return 
is now ascertained ; since which he has been seen 
every day by different individuals of the highest re¬ 
spectability. He was observed this morning very 
distinctly; and we hear a letter has been received in 
town describing his appearance. — Evening Gazette . 
1823 . 
Sea-Serpent. — I, Francis Johnson, Jr., testify, 
that in going into the harbour from Nahant, July 12, 
1823, at 9, A. M., I saw standing into Lynn harbour 
something in the water resembling a row of por¬ 
poises. I then supposed it to be such, and forbore 
to notice it. About two hours afterwards, I heard a 
noise in the water, and saw, about four rods distant, 
something resembling the head of a fish or serpent, 
elevated about two feet above the surface, followed 
by seven or eight bunches, the first about six feet 
from the head, all about six feet apart, and raised 
about six inches above the water. It stood eastward- 
ly, at the rate of five miles an hour, with an undu¬ 
lating motion, like that of a caterpillar. Its color 
was dark, like that of a shark or porpoise. I pur¬ 
sued it about a mile, being in a small fishing-boat, 
and had a fair view of it for about thirty minutes, 
the water being smooth and the sky clear ; and then 
lost sight of it, supposing it to dive beneath the sur¬ 
face. I believe it to be what I took for a row of 
