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  2. THE SEA SERPENT, AS SIGHTED BY THE SHIP SACRAMENTO; FROM A SKETCH BY THE MAN AT THE WHEEL.

    This is a correct sketch of the serpent seen by me while on board the ship Sacramento, on her passage from New York to Melbourne, I being at the wheel at the time. It had the body of a very large snake ; its length appeared to me to be about 50ft. or 60ft. Its head was like an alligator's, with a pair of flippers about 10ft. from its head. The colour was of a reddish brown. At the time seen it was lying perfectly still, with its head raised about 3ft. above the surface of the sea, and as it got 30ft. or 40ft astern it dropped its head,John Hart." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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