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berances or bunches, which were about the size of a barrel. The 
head appeared to be about six or eight feet long, and where it 
was connected with the body was a little larger than the body. 
His head tapered off to the size of a horse’s head. I could not 
discern any mouth. But what I supposed to be his under jaw 
had a white stripe extending the whole length of the head, just 
f above the water. While he lay in this situation, he appeared 
to be about a hundred or a hundred and twenty feet long. 
The body appeared to be of a uniform size. I saw no part of 
the animal which I supposed to be a tail. I therefore thought 
he did not discover to me his whole length. His colour was a 
deep brown or black. I could not discover any eyes, manej 
gills, or breathing holes. I did not see any fins or legs. The 
animal did not utter any sound, and it did not appear to notice 
any thing. It remained still and motionless for five minutes or 
*• more. The wind was light with a clear sky, and the water quite 
smooth. He then moved to the southward ; but not with so 
rapid a motion as I had observed before. He was soon out of 
my sight. The next morning I rose very early to discover him. 
There was a fresh breeze from the south, which subsided about 
eight o’clock. It then became quite calm, when I again saw 
the animal about a mile to the northward of my house, down the 
beach. He did not display so great a length as the night be¬ 
fore, perhaps not more than twenty or thirty feet. He often dis¬ 
appeared, and was gone five or ten minutes under water. I 
thought he was diving or fishing for his food. He remained in 
nearly the same situation, and thus employed for two hours. I 
then saw him moving off, in a northeast direction, towards the 
light house. I could not determine whether its motion was up 
and down, or to the right and left. His quickest motion was 
very rapid ,• I should suppose at the rate of fifteen or twenty 
miles an hour. Mackerel, manhaden, herring, and other bait 
fish abound in the cove, where the animal was seen. 
ELK AN AH EINNEt. 
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