Show from the N Y tribune capture of ef the sea serpent SHIP IP monongahela AT SEA feb 62 6 1852 on OB the morning of jan when in in latitude S 3 d deg g 10 min south and longitude deg de do 50 min mm west the man on thi the wk wit seated on the fore foie top mast cross trees san sang out our white water and in in I 1 reply to my aay where e away said two points on t the he lee t ee bow 17 I 1 we here drop a column of white water head winds cross winds hurricanes hopes fears anxieties watch ings fa stings sleepless night ac anti and come direct to our oar 3 tory story we lowered myself taking the lead anti and in a few strokes the wind and sea carrying us to leeward I 1 told the boat J camei amei Wait whittemore temore or of vermont to 11 aland p with wilh calm and cool intrepidity he laid hold of his is iron and harpoon and when I 1 beckoned him with a movement of my hand liick as a both his were bu baine i iel to the the sockets in n the repulsive body before us ua I 1 shouted stem but but there was no visible mot on tit ia his hia sn akeshi P 1 shift pd ends with the boat steer ers and cleared away a lance as quick as possible beckoning them to pull up that I 1 in get L vet a lance when what a movement of the body was waa visible ii and the toad bead and tal ta l 1 of the monster rush rushed edas aa it were to the wound ane of the head as it approached the boat filled UK th crew with terror and three of them jumped overboard I 1 instinctively held wp up my lance and its sharp point entered the eye I 1 was knocked k over r and felt a deep churning of the water as me n I 1 rose to the surface and caught a glimpse of the writh ing body and was again again struck and carried down f partly lost loit my less under water but recovered coverd it when I 1 rose aga agan n in tte the bloody foam the snake had bad disappeared digap d 1 and I 1 shouted p ck up the line liae the te third thir mate JK benson caught a bight i lit of my line near the end i and bent on his which in in anin stait A began to be ta taken ken out rapidly tae ante te picked me up as I 1 roa row to the sin sai face and in a few minutes iiii all were peeked up one was severely I 1 braided braised 4 alsed and another maen sible but lie he recovered and ana hoth are now wen the snake had takes taken my I 1 ina the thi d matela mate apt iaz tak the necmi second 4 motels ina when I 1 ordered the mate ante to bend on oa and give ive h ITS s lina 0 o the ship chesnak she snake w is sounding 0 aal and I 1 caio ned the officers not to hald holdon on for fear 0 of di draw dw i ing th the iron irom at firt ara tb the tee me went wit o it randly but decreased d gradually nevertheless I 1 WAT obliged 1 to get up a spare line out of the tore fore hold hod and bend bead on for fear that the ship would by its weight anthe on the line draw the iron I 1 put on several drugs and gave the line to the mile when it became stationary baere were now out four boal bolta V line fathoms fathom in abo aboa arand tand jwj tw thirds of another line more mare n all one thousand fA fathoms thomi six feet in a aith ona six thousand fee better than one mile anil and one ei eighth hilt an der adeph and the pressure at that distance is it was now mw blower fin f in linsly anil I 1 scarcely dared to carry sail enough to keep the ship u ua the bo it was i in peril md nd I 1 w is obliged to t take e the tine line to the he i ship again and run the risk of the irons draw drawing inq I 1 i made the end of the line fait ast and took in all sail bit bat enough to t 0 keep her ber steady and wilted in alfin alarm al fin the snakes rising r ang the parting of the line or gr the irons drawing at at 4 p in wind began to shift which bajus favored us a little at b p m to our great joy it began to abate 8 p in A sudden EA line taut tha n 11 L t waa ara 3 beautiful the sky clear wind scarcely a breath and sea rapidly FIR no eye was closed in the ship we were speculating the i g ort on our prey it was evident h he was on the bottom he sta d down a leng time buton but on reflection I 1 considered that tha was wai his hi sorte forte that he was wai at home there A 4 a am m of the sixteen hours he went down the line began to slack and I 1 had it taken to the windlass when we got nearly two lines handover hand ova hand then there came a strain ads TJ S i strain contain rig ng I 1 told everybody to bear a hand band and get breakfast break fist and just before we were through I 1 I 1 the cook cried out here he is in no time all geee we e on deck and sure enough he had bad risen but all 01 that was wai visible ww was a bunch apparently to the bight of the snake where he had beebi rastene fastened d to I 1 lowered three boats aal we lanced the body repeatedly without el eliciting citing any sign of life wilile we were at wok wo k he gradually ro rose roe e to the sm sni face anti and around hira him what whal I 1 took to be p aces of his lungs which we had cut clit with our lances to make our work sure we continued to lance eagerly seeking for his life when he drew himle up and we pulled away and then witnessed the terrific crew i who vilio witnessed that terrible scene will ever foegel fu get it the evolutions of the abdy b ily were rapid as ligY lightning ning seeming like the revolving 0 of a thousand enormous mack black wheels tae tall tail and head would occasionally occasion illy appear in in the surging bloody f turn im and a was bei heard so 30 dead na unearthly earthly and ot of acute jony agony a that a of homor ran throng gh our veins the convulsive efforts lasee ten or fifteen minutes when they suddenly stopped the head was partly raised it fea the body partly turned and lay still I 1 took offey off my hat and nine terror tet fi copers broke simultaneously from our throats our 0 ir prey was dead dickely he floated buoyantly and we took him alongside and while rhile doing so he turned over lying aral belly up every eye beamed with joy as we looked over the rail and the crew again cheered vocie ous ly and them we held a convil conciliation tation as to what we should do and I 1 requested all hands hand 5 to offer their thair opinions after a short talk all of us as mt felt convinced that it would he be impossible immoss ble to get him into alito pot po ot o t and then we conc concluded ladett to tr try a and n I 1 sa davs v e hi his skin cad head and bow if ps possible sible in I 1 the fi first r st p place t aces I 1 requested a scotchy in who witold cirild draw toler tolerably ably to take a sketch of him as he lay and the mite to measure h m it was now quite smooth and we could work to advantage ai I 1 am preparing p a minute de of the serpent r it I 1 w 11 merely ey I 1 ave v e you i a few general points it wis a mate male attl 03 feet 7 inches binche 19 feet I 1 inch aro ind the neco neck I 1 24 feet 6 inches ao a o ind the shoulders and the tar largest west part of the body which ch appeared som somewhat ahat distended 49 feet it 11 inches tae tae head was long and flit fl it with ridges the bones of the lower jaw separated the tongue had its end re like the head of a heart the tail in ran nearly to a point on the end of which was a flat fiat firm cartilage the back was black curnin turning brown on an the sides aides then yellow and on the center of the belly a narrow white streak two thirds of it in len length ah y there was wag also alo scattered over the body dark spots on oa exa examine minn the skin we found to our surprise sar r i se that the body was covered with blubber blabber I 1 ke ohp that a t on the whale wha lebut but it was only on I 1 four inches thick the oil was clear as ai water w ter and burned nearly as fast as af the spirits of turpentine tur ta bajie Jie we c ayt vt the snake in but found great difficulty and had to dense him the body would not roll anti and the blubber bras was so very elastic thit when stretched ched twenty feet by the bloc blocks k it would when cut off shrink to five or or six feet we took in the head a frightful object and are endeavoring to preserve it anit with salt we have saved all the bones which the m ron mn n are not done cleaning ele aning yet in cutting open the erpent er pent we feind pieces of squid and aad a large blackfish ih tile the flesh of which dropped from the lie bones 0 ie of the serpents lungs bings were three feet longer than the other I 1 should have observed that there were n nety fou teeth in the JAW very sharp all pointing backwards and crips thumb at the eum but deeply I 1 we found it had 40 ro si wit holes or 1 so 4 e like a whale it also algo had to zi n M r sada ok of them for they magum were lhez ct rhe he joints eints of the back were loc it see mad 4 hen sn it was cwm ming that it noved two 4 bo a joint j at 41 time almost lite fed the of the serpent af after it was dead gin tarda ginda da te jody ody look as it if it was encircled by HB 6 we were nearly three days in gett getting f the albut they ate are now nearly clean ara and wo yin very dark col coard rd I 1 the heart and ove ope of the evat ers I 1 ww VW to preserve in liquor but bat the head bead not i i t is cool begins begina to emit an odor but 0 near I 1 the he coast now that I 1 shall hold 4 on to is unless it is really like to breed a distemper disnew very lah an in the ship participates in my anxiety antii 2 p M x I 1 have just spoken the v I 1 he proves to be the b ang rig i gi gipsey lp my capt sturges eight days fr frockt ponce P R with oranges and und to bridgeport he ho has kindly offered two sheets m in the post avite when he arrives XA X A soon as I 1 get in I 1 shall be enabled to furnish furnish you a more detailed account I 1 am sir yoa obedient servant CHARLES SEABURY master monongahela of N bedford if the never never was any such thing as monongahela Monon gabela charles seabury was never master of said monongahela nit but all this new never was would not prove there might inight not have been such a place as new bedford for we belive believe beli ve we once saw such a place when we were water walking down east for health and pleasure and if the whole should prove a non existence of reported captain 2 ship and serpent took too if you please it would not prove there never was a serpent in the sea neither would it prove there never was any thin created bigger than a striped snake two feet long lon or a bill that might might require a magnifier of fourteen million power to see sec the end of it with the naked eye do you on believe all these things it if capt seabury I 1 never existed we wish wib his younger teother would write and ami tell us |