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The Committee appointed on the 18th of August last 
to collect evidence with regard to the existence and appear¬ 
ance of a Sea Serpent, said to have been recently seen in 
the harbour of Gloucester, now lay before the Society the 
following facts and documents. 
On the 19th of August your Committee wrote to the 
Hon. Lonsost Nash of Gloucester, requesting him to ex¬ 
amine upon oath some of the inhabitants of that town with, 
regard to the appearance of this animal, to make the exam¬ 
ination as early as possible, to request the persons examin¬ 
ed not to communicate to each other the substance of their 
respective statements, until they were all committed to 
writing ; to have these statements signed and certified in 
due form, and sent to us. Our letter also contained certain 
rules with regard to the mode of conducting this examina¬ 
tion, and questions to be put to the persons examined. 
In answer to it w T e received from Mr. Nash a letter, 
dated 28th August, enclosing eight depositions, duly certi¬ 
fied, which on the 1st September were read before the So¬ 
ciety, as were also three depositions taken in Boston, on the 
80th August and 1st September. You directed us to re¬ 
turn your thanks to Mr. Nash for his readiness in comply¬ 
ing with our request, to continue the investigation of the 
subject committed to us, in such manner as we should deem 
expedient, and to lay before you a formal report of the 
whole evidence that should be procured. In compliance 
with your directions, the chairman of the Committee wrote 
again to Mr. Nash on the 2d September, and received frofn 
him an answer dated 9th September. We also wrote to 
Mr. Samuel Davis of Plymouth on the 1st September, re¬ 
questing him to examine upon oath some respectable man 
of that place, with regard to the appearance of an animal 
said to have been seen there in the year 1815, and to resem¬ 
ble the one lately seen near Gloucester; this letter contained 
the same rules and questions as were sent to Mr. Nash. In 
answer to this application, a letter from that gentleman was 
received on the 4th October, enclosing the deposition of 
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