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APPENDIX. 
Robert Barclay, Esq., of Bury Hill, Surrey, by Mr. 
Warburton, a gentleman belonging to the house of 
Barclay, Brothers, & Co., London. That gentleman, 
proceeding on his passage to America, on board the 
Silas Richards, Captain Holdridge, had an opportu¬ 
nity of beholding this sea-monster, on Friday, the 
16th of June, off St. George’s Banks. 
44 4 Pentonville, 20th Sept. 1826. 
44 4 Dear Sir : — Having been informed by your 
grandson, Mr. Robert Reynolds, that you were de¬ 
sirous of possessing a sketch of the Sea-Serpent as 
seen by me in crossing the Atlantic, and to have 
some account of the same, in compliance with your 
wishes, I have annexed a rough pencil drawing of 
the monster, as it appeared during the time when its 
head was elevated above the water, and I shall state 
the particulars attending this novel exhibition. 
44 4 The captain and myself were standing on the 
starboard side of the vessel, looking over the bul¬ 
wark, and remarking how perfectly smooth was the 
surface of the sea. It was about half-past six o’clock, 
P. M., and a cloudless sky. On a sudden we heard 
a rushing in the water ahead of the ship. At first 
we imagined it to be a whale spouting ; and turning 
to the quarter from whence the sound proceeded, we 
observed the serpent in the position as it appears in 
the sketch, slowly approaching at more than the rate 
of two miles an hour, in a straight direction. I sup¬ 
pose we were hardly going through the water so fast, 
for there was scarcely a breath of wind. I must pre¬ 
mise, that I never had heard of the existence of such 
an animal. I instantly exclaimed, 4 Why, there is a 
sea-snake ! ’ 4 That is the Sea-Serpent! ’ exclaimed 
the captain ; 4 and I would give my ship and cargo 
to catch the monster.’ I immediately called to the 
passengers, who were all down below; but only five 
or six came up, among whom was Miss Magee, the 
daughter of a merchant in New York.* The re- 
