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THE SEA SERPENT

SEEN AGAIN OFF GISP.ORNE,

(BY TKLKORAI'H. — I'RKSS ASSOCIATION). Cisiiokn-r, East Night. Ai.kukii Fokd Mattiikws, surveyor, writes to the Herald that while on board the Manapouri from Auckland to borne 011 Friday, 'JUli July, he and several others distinctly saw a sea ser • pent resembling the one seen from the Rotomahana off Portland Island. The serpent, when seen from the Manapouri, was a few miles north of tho East Cape, and so evidently had been travelling south. The time was between eight and nine in the morning. The monster was also seen by the ship's officer in charge It was watched for over ten minutes, and was travelling slowly, raising itself 20 or 30 feet out of the water every two minutes. It would from time to time, lift its head aud part of its body to a great height perpendicularly, and when in that position turn its boiiy round in a most peculiar manner, displaying a black back aud white belly with two arm-like appendages of great length, whioh appeared to dangle about like broken limbs 011 a human being. It would then suddenly drop back into the water, seatteiing it iu all directions. It had a flat head, and was about half a milo from the ship. Other passengers confirm this statement. Tho Maoris to whom Mr Matthews Ins men tioned the matter, state that it is a "taniwha." His reason for not having mentioned the subject before, was that people were liable to treat it with derisio*.

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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2974, 6 August 1891, Page 2

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THE SEA SERPENT Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2974, 6 August 1891, Page 2

THE SEA SERPENT Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2974, 6 August 1891, Page 2

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