The Bishop of Adelaide really has found a dead sea-serpent,
though it is not quite so large as the specimens occasionally reported as sighted in mid-ocean. The Bishop saw the body of the serpent while riding on the shore at Avoid Point, Coffin Bay, South Australia. It was 60 ft. long, with a head of 5 ft., like that of an immense snake, with two blow-holes on the top. The body was round, but the thickness is un- fortunately not given, and the tail resembles that of a whale. 'The "find" does not, of course, prove that the stories of the sea-serpent are all veracious, but it greatly increases their pro- bability. If a sea-snake of this size certainly exists, there is no reason why one much larger should not haunt other waters the only puzzle being why it should be sighted so seldom. It is clearly not a fish, and must come up occasionally to breathe. Captain McQuhae's serpent, still, perhaps, the one best veri- fied, need not have been above 120 ft. long, though he supposed 60 ft. to be out of water. The serpent seen from her Majesty's yacht 'Osborne' near Sicily, was, however, 150 ft. in length.
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