Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . ALOB, FEANOE. most difficult to give correctly the dimensions ofany object in the water. The head of the creat-ure was set down at about six feet in length,and that portion of the neck which we saw atthe same; the extreme length, as before stated,at between 80 and 100 feet. The neck in thick-ness equaled the bole of a moderate sized head and neck of a dark brown or nearlyblack color, streaked with white in irregularstreaks. I do not recollect seeing any part ofthe body. Sir A. de Capell Brooke, who traveled in Nor-way in
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . ALOB, FEANOE. most difficult to give correctly the dimensions ofany object in the water. The head of the creat-ure was set down at about six feet in length,and that portion of the neck which we saw atthe same; the extreme length, as before stated,at between 80 and 100 feet. The neck in thick-ness equaled the bole of a moderate sized head and neck of a dark brown or nearlyblack color, streaked with white in irregularstreaks. I do not recollect seeing any part ofthe body. Sir A. de Capell Brooke, who traveled in Nor-way in the early part of the present century, citesthe evidence of a great many trust-worthy per-sons who had, at different times and on differentparts of the coast, seen the animal; and in 1845,at the request of an English society, the Rev. Deinboll, a Norwegian minister, took pains toreinvestigate the question, and furnished the evi-dence of a large number of persons, then living,who had seen, shot at, and been pursued by it. 186 HARPEKS NEW MONTHLY EIGHT-ARMED CUTTLE-FISH, BACK-VIEW, SHOWING BILL AND VENTS, Lars Johnoen (fisherman at Smolen, about fiftyyears of age) deposed: I have several timesseen the sea-serpent; but some time since, twelveyears ago, in the dog-days, in the fiord not farfrom here, one afternoon as I was fishing in myboat, I saw it twice in the course of two hours,and, for some time, quite near me. It cameclose to my boat, so that it was only about sixfeet from me. I became alarmed, recommendedmy soul to God, lay down in the boat, and onlyheld my head so far over it that I could observethe serpent. It swam now past the boat, thatwas agitated by the ripple caused by its move-ment in the water, which was previously smooth;and afterward removed itself. After it had swuma considerable distance from me, I began againto fish. Not long afterward, the serpent cameclose to the boat, which was strongly agitated byits movements in the water. I lay down andre
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