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peared to be at least sixty feet long, and it forced it¬ 
self along by a wiggling sort of motion. It remained 
above water about five minutes, at a distance of 
about sixty yards. The editor of the Nova Scotian 
went to the spot, and learned these and other partic¬ 
ulars, which were confirmed by the young gentle¬ 
man, the ladies^ Mr. Goreham, his family and ser¬ 
vants. It is also confirmed, with additional particu¬ 
lars. by Mr. William Barry, of Halifax, who was go¬ 
ing into the harbour the same evening in a whaling- 
boat, and, with the men in the boat, observed it for 
some time. He saw the head distinctly, and at one 
time eight coils of his body above water, and is per¬ 
suaded that he is at least sixty feet in length. — Bos¬ 
ton Daily Advertiser and Repertory. 
1826 . 
Sea-Serpent. — The captain and passengers of 
the ship Silas Richards, from Liverpool, lately ar¬ 
rived at New York, had sight of this monster on 
their passage. 
[I extract a more full account of what the captain 
and passengers of this ship saw, from Silliman’s 
Journal, with the remarks of the editor.] 
Sea-Serpent. — To us it seems a matter of sur¬ 
prise, that any person who has examined the testi¬ 
mony can doubt the existence of the Sea-Serpent. 
The documents communicated by Dr. Bigelow of 
Boston, and published in the second volume of this 
Journal, in 1820, were in our judgment alone suffi¬ 
cient to settle the question. The following letter is 
an important additional document. 
“ The American Sea-Serpent. — The following 
letter respecting this huge animal was addressed to 
