Show THE SERPENT SEEN AGAIN scientists assert that the sea serpent is a myth on the ground that its existence is impossible A friend in forms us that he has met with mart many y mariners marinero ma whom he be esteemed to be reliable who have been willing to te solemnly swear that they have seen the monster of the sea other me men of character and veracity have offered similar testimony which has been at different times given to the public how all these witnesses who claim 0 to o have seen with their eyes could be bd mistaken Is an anomaly As their are more things in heaven and earth and likewise in i the sea than to is dreamed oel ot lin in human philosophy it is not consistent to accept the testimony of those who have not seen as overwhelming that of persons who have A short time ago a dispatch wes sent out from providence R 1 I on the subject of et the sea serpent and t the be scientific american considered it of sufficient importance to reproduce itin it in its last issue the dispatch says the sea serpent seen off Watch HUI hill B R I 1 is reported again in the same district the sloop mary lime lane capt delory was lately on her bar homeward trip from new london and when two miles southwest of point judith on saturday capt delory sighted a monster head two feet above above the water and about fifty yards distant tant the appearance of the head is described as like that of an alligator the jaws looked to be at least five feet in length and were studded with teeth six inches loog loag while the eyes were as large as the crown of a hat back from the head bead ran a huge fin the body moved rapidly through the water the entire leng theof the creature as estimated in its pas passing slag the boat was about seventy feet the captain says it was within about ten len feet as it swept by the vessel GIl glimpses rapes of its body which was about the size of a barrel showed bright grayish |