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EXPLANATION OE THE KRAKEN.

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of-war, they would pull it down to the bottom," &c.
He then proceeds to say, " If I were an admirer of
uncertain reports and fabulous stories, I might add much
more concerning this and other Norwegian sea-monsters,
whose existence I will not take upon me to deny; but
I do not choose by a mixture of uncertain relations to
make such accounts appear doubtful as I myself believe
to be true and well attested."*

Mr. Milford gives the following extract from the
letter of " an intelligent friend at Bergen," who had
made some inquiries on the subject:—

" I have consulted a gentleman of much learning, and
intimate knowledge of everything belonging to Norway,
Stiftamund Christie, whose name is so much connected
with the political institutions of Norway from the year
1814. I especially asked his opinion about the
sea-serpent, and he assured me that not only do the peasants
feel convinced of its existence, but that he himself
believes that it exists; that the Bishop of Bergen, a few
years ago, published an article in an antiquarian paper,
which comes out occasionally, by the directors of the
Bergen Museum, containing information in
corroboration of this belief; that the inhabitants of the island
Herroe at Sondmör see the serpent every year for a couple
of months, in summer, whenever the weather is fine and
the sea calm," &c.†

I might add many oilier extracts of a similar kind.
All agree in describing the undulating motion of the

* Pontoppidan, "Natural History of Norway," 1751.

† Milford’s "Norway, and her Laplanders in 1841," p. 197.

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