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and when the sun shone upon him, the reflection was very bright. 
I thought his body was about the size of a man’s body. 
AMOS STORY. 
Essex ss. Aug. 23, 1817. Personally appeared Amos Story, 
and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed 
is true, according to his best knowledge and belief, 
f Cor. Lonson Nash, Jus. Pacis. 
IY. 
I, Solomon Allen 3d, of Gloucester, in the county of Es¬ 
sex, Ship master, depose and say ; that I have seen a strange 
marine animal, that I believe to be a serpent, in the harbour in 
said Gloucester. T should judge him to be between eighty and 
ninety feet in length, and about the size of a half barrel, appar¬ 
ently having joints from his head to his tail. I was about one 
hundred and fifty yards from him, when I judged him to be of 
the size of a half barrel. His head formed something like the 
head of the rattle snake, but nearly as large as the head of a 
horse. When he moved on the surface of the water, his motion 
was slow, at times playing about in circles, and sometimes mov¬ 
ing nearly straight forward. When he disappeared, he sunk ap¬ 
parently directly down, and would next appear at two hundred 
* yards from where he disappeared, in two minutes. His colour 
was a dark brown, and I did not discover any spots upon him. 
Question. When did you first see this animal ? 
Answer. I saw him on the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth 
of August, A. D. 1817. 
Q . How often, and how long at a time ? 
A. I was in a boat on the twelfth inst. and was around him 
several times, within one hundred and fifty yards of him. On 
the thirteenth inst. I saw him nearly all the day, from the shore. 
I was on the beech, nearly on a level with him, and most of the 
time he was from one hundred and fifty to three hundred yards 
