The Sea Serpent has been seen again, and this time
the details lend some probability to the story. On November 16th, Captain Allen, of the barqne Scottish Bride, being in lat. 38-16 and long.
74.09, on the American coast, saw a serpent about 25 feet long, and " proportionately " thick—as thick, we presume, as a bullock's body—with a large flat head, and two wicked-looking eyes at the extreme edges. The back was covered with large scales, and the belly was tawny yellow, in fact, it was very like an exaggerated cobra. A young one accompanied her, and Captain Allen tried to secure both, but failed, the serpents diving as the boat approached. The story is told in a very sensational way, but there is really no reason why a snake of that size should not live in the sea. Smaller ones do live in the Mediterranean, and there may be just as much difference in sea serpents as land serpents, which vary from the viper to the boa constrictor.
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