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After the perusal of this work my readers will know why I am disposed to believe that the animal struck by…

Date of account
Late nineteenth-century survey
Source
The great sea-serpent: an historical and critical treatise
Reference
The great sea-serpent: an historical and critical treatise · selected passage 31
Rights
public_domain
Language
English edition of a European scholarly compilation
Translation
English edition of A. C. Oudemans's historical survey
Record updated
2026-08-24

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Record summary

After the perusal of this work my readers will know why I am disposed to believe that the animal struck by Captain RICH was really a Sea-Serpent

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Source passage

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After the perusal of this work my readers will know why I am disposed to believe that the animal struck by Captain RICH was really a Sea-Serpent. As far as I can judge, after having read all that I have found about the sea-serpent, this is the only time that the animal was struck with a harpoon. Balls have often been fired at it, but it has never been killed yet. In the same copy of the _Report of the Committee_ of 1817, there was a letter from Mr. ANDREWS NORTON to Mr. GEORGE BANCROFT, at that time a resident at Göttingen. I give here an extract from this letter concerning the matter in question.

Historical context

Contextual commentary · mention only

This is a historical compilation of unusual-animal reports and argument. Witness testimony, repetition between publications and the author's zoological assumptions all affect independence and reliability.

Modern context

Contextual commentary · mention only

Lattice compares morphology, behaviour and setting while keeping misidentification, folklore, exaggeration, error and known animals available as alternatives.

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