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I have questioned Daniel Goffney, who was in the boat with 
his brother Matthew, when he fired at the animal, and Daniel’s 
answers corroborate Matthew’s testimony. 
Respectfully, gentlemen, 
Your most ob’t, 
LONSON NASH. 
III. 
I, Amos Story of Gloucester, in the County of Essex, mariner, 
depose and say, that on the tenth day of August A. D. 1817, l 
saw a strange marine animal, that I believe to be a serpent, at the 
southward and eastward of Ten Pound Island, in the harbour in 
said Gloucester. It was between the hours of twelve and one o’ 
clock when I first saw him, and he continued in sight for an hour 
and half. I was setting on the shore, and was about twenty rods 
from him when he was the nearest to me. His head appeared 
shaped much like the head of the sea turtle, and he carried his 
head from ten to twelve inches above the surface of the water. 
His head at that distance appeared larger than the head of any 
dog that I ever saw. From the back part of his head to the next 
part of him that was visible, I should judge to be three or four 
feet. He moved very rapidly through the water, I should say a 
mile in two, or at most, in three minutes. I saw no bunches on 
his back. On this day, I did not see more than ten or twelve 
feet of his body. I likewise saw, what I believe to be the same 
animal this day, viz. the twenty third of August, A. D. 18 {7. 
This was in the morning, about seven o’clock. He then lay 
perfectly still, extended on the water, and I should judge that 1 
saw fifty feet of him at least. 
I should judge that I was forty rods from him this day. I 
had a good spy-glass both days when I saw him. I continued 
looking at him about half an hour, and he remained still and in 
the same position, until I was called away. Neither his head 
nor tail weie visible. I lls colour appeared to be a dark brown, 
