THE SEA SERPENT SURPASSED.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2581, 26 January 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE SEA SERPENT SURPASSED.

The Sea serpent is completely thrown into the shade by a creature which has been seen in latitude 39. tit) south and longitude 0. IS west. Mr Webster, chief officer of the ship Beuvenue, has written

to the Calcutta papers sayiug that on tho 4th of August, when tho ship was hove to in a strong gale, tho second clllcer, Mr Parsons, wdio was on watol), reported that between 4 and 5 in the morning a tremendous living monster passed tho port side of the vessel, measuring nearly as loug as the ship itself. It had large wings or ears, two immense humps on its back 14 or 15 feet high, and a tail Ike a whale. The monster had two eyes tho size of tcacups, while its back was covered with shells or scales resembling barnacles as large as coeoanuts. It remained near the ship for 20 minutes, its movements being very slow. It. is to be hoped that a party of scientific men will, without loss of time, charter a ship and proceed in pursuit of tho monster. It differs so entirely from all oth. r described creatures that its capture will urea to a prodigious sensation, for oven the extinct prediluvian monster were shapely and agreeable to look upon in comparison with this uncouth beast, with largo wings or ears, and two immense humps. Tho public wil bo glad to le irn how many of the Benvenua also saw this creature, and whether their impressions correspond with those of tho second officer. In matters of natural history the minutest accuracy is important.— Standard.