THE SEA SERPENT AGAIN.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 1760, 27 May 1913, Page 6

THE SEA SERPENT AGAIN.

A REMARKABLE SPECTACLE. (By' Telegraph.—Hpeoial Correspondent.) Auckland, May 26,. The Svdnoy correspondent of the "Her"ald." writing of the recently reported appearance of a strange marine monster, says the sea serpent has at last turned "up in. Australian waters, and it, or at least tome curious denizen of the deep, was seen disporting himself by scores of people aboard the inter-Stato liner Dimboola (luring the voyage of that vessel between i Adelaide and Fremantle. The monster I was seen by so many people at such close quarters that it is impossible to dismiss tho story of its appearance as a mere sailorman's yarn. All tho newspapers have, of course* done full justice to the subject. One account telegraphed from Fremantie will suffice:—"When the reports of the appearance of the monster wore first made in Fremantie the captain and officers of the Dimboola were subjected to a good deal of chaff, but there can be 110 doubt that something unusual in the way of sea fish was sighted. On Wednesday morning when the vessel was about latitude 35deg. 29min. south and longitude 13-ldeg. east, a sliout from some of the passengers on deck caused the third oflicer, who was on watch, to look over the starboard quarter. He was .amazed to see within a distance of less -than a quarter of a mile a school Of por- ' poises and a whale fleeing from a tremendously large sinuous monster. Captain -Miller, master of the Dimboola, and the Marconi wireless operator, had their attention drawn to tho sight, and they at once turned their glasses on the remarkable spectacle. Captain Miller says the .serpent was at least 50ft. long, was of the colour of. a brown seal, and had a head between the size of a whale and a porpoise and its tail was of the exaggerated fish variety. It alternately, reared its head and ducked it under the waves. Presently tho whole contingent of bis: fish was lost to view. Captain. Miller lias made a sketch of what he remembered of the sight and ho asked others of the passengers to do the same. It is remarkable how the sketches coincide.- The serpent is rovealed in muck the same Chinese dragon form as we have been used to seeing it illustrated in other parts of the world."