. The sea [microform] : its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism. Adventure and adventurers; Voyages and travels; Ocean; Aventures et aventuriers; Voyages; Océan. A MARINE MOXSTER. 149 .& o H U O B ti; fish IS preserved, which is larger than a human hand. In 1853 a gigantic specimen was stranded on the coast of Tutland, which furnished many barrow-loads of Hesh and other organic matter. Who has not heard of the kraken, the terror of the northern seas ? Naturalists and others long ago gave credence to the assertions of certain Scandinavian writers who believetl themselves in the
. The sea [microform] : its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism. Adventure and adventurers; Voyages and travels; Ocean; Aventures et aventuriers; Voyages; Océan. A MARINE MOXSTER. 149 .& o H U O B ti; fish IS preserved, which is larger than a human hand. In 1853 a gigantic specimen was stranded on the coast of Tutland, which furnished many barrow-loads of Hesh and other organic matter. Who has not heard of the kraken, the terror of the northern seas ? Naturalists and others long ago gave credence to the assertions of certain Scandinavian writers who believetl themselves in the existence of a great sea-monster capable of arresting and annihilating vessels. This kraken was made to embrace a three-masted vessel in its arms. " If/' says laughing Do Montfort, "my kraken takes with them, I sliall make it extend its arms to both shores of the Straits of ; A Bishop of Bergen assured the world that a whole regiment could easily manteuvre on the back of the kraken. All this, however, probably arose from the observation of some extraordinarily large si^ecimofc. An a])parently well-athenticated fact is the following, vouched for by a French naval officer, and the then French Con- sul at the Canaries. The steam corvette Alecfon fell in, between Teneriffe and Madeira, with a sea-monster of the cuttle kind, said to be fifty feet long, without counting its eight arms; it had two fleshy fins ; they estimated its weight at close on two tons. The commander allowed shots to be fired at it, one of which evidently hit the animal in a vital part, for the waves were stained with blood. A strong musky odour was noticed. This is characteristic of many of the cephalopods. " The musket shots not having produced the desired results, harpoons were employed, but they took no hold on the soft, impalpable flesh of the marine monster. When it escaped from the harpoon, it dived under the ship, and came up again at the other side. They succeeded at last
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