. Portland [Me.] its representative business men and its points of interest. lated by Jocelyn, who was here in 1639, and who saw, or, atleast, tried to make people believe he saw, some very wonderful things. He tells of a man named Mitton,an enthusiastic and successful sportsman, cool, collected, and fertile in ; and it was well he was PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 7 so, for once upon a time as he was fetching a compass about a small island for the advantage of a shot,a triton, or merman, seized hold of the side of the canoe, and received a most inhospitable greeting,— forMi
. Portland [Me.] its representative business men and its points of interest. lated by Jocelyn, who was here in 1639, and who saw, or, atleast, tried to make people believe he saw, some very wonderful things. He tells of a man named Mitton,an enthusiastic and successful sportsman, cool, collected, and fertile in ; and it was well he was PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 7 so, for once upon a time as he was fetching a compass about a small island for the advantage of a shot,a triton, or merman, seized hold of the side of the canoe, and received a most inhospitable greeting,— forMitton seized a hatchet, and cut off one of its hands, which was in all respects like the hand of a creature soon sank to the bottom, and as neither it nor any of its kind was ever seen again, any beliefin its existence must rest entirely upon Mittons testimony. Jocelyn seems to have been fortunate in meeting with those who had strange experiences, for he wasthe first one (o make mention of the .sea serpent on this coast, it being referred to by him as having been. Eirds-Eve View of Portland (No. 2). (From Citij Umldinrj towards Mimjoys fFill.) seen coiled up like a cable on a rock at Cape Ann. Since Jocelyns day, the sea serpent has been seenoften, and under all conditions, in this vicinity, the monster showing his good sense by exhibiting a decidedfondness for Casco Bay. Of late years, however, he has been somewhat shy, owing possibly to the preva-lence of the amateur photographer; for after centuries of gloomy and awful uncertainty as to magnitudeand proportions, no self-respecting serpent would expose himself to the risk of being photographed, (and,probably, badly photographed, too.) and being displayed, in all !iis native ugliness, to the curious gaze ofthe gaping public. The most picturesque and interesting creatures now inhabiting the Bay are seals, these being foundin considerable numbers ; but they are hair seals, not fur seals, and, consequently, are much more
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