 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 618 pages
...Cmma, the crew of one bout saw it coming towards them with the wind, and its head above water. Onu of the crew pronounced its head as large as a little...terrified, but the monster offered them no molestation. (Id. 449). — The appearance descrilied by Mr. Maclean calls to mind the sea-serpents which have been... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 608 pages
...above water. One of the crew pronounced its head as largt as a little boat, and each of its eyes a? large as a plate. The men were much terrified, but the monster offered them no molestation. (Id. 442). — The appearance described by Mr. Maclean calls to mind the sea-serpents which have been... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 608 pages
...passage from Rum to Canna, the crew of one boat saw it coming towards them with the wind, and its head above water. One of the crew pronounced its head as...terrified, but the monster offered them no molestation. (Id. 442).—The appearance described by Mr. Maclean calls to mind the sea-serpents which have been... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1838 - 618 pages
...towards them with the wild, ami its head above water. One of the crew pronounced its head as largias a little boat, and each of its eyes as large as a...terrified, but the monster offered them no molestation. (Id. 443). — The appearance described by Mr. Maclean calls to mind the sea-serpents which have been... | |
 | Sir William Jardine - Zoology - 1839 - 414 pages
...its head high above water. One of the crew pronounced the head as large as a little boat, and its eye as large as a plate. The men were much terrified, but the monster offered them no molestation."* Dr Hibbert mentions that the Great Sea-Serpent has occasionally been recognized in the Shetland Seas... | |
 | Robert Hamilton (M.D., F.R.S.E.) - Pinnipedia - 1839 - 406 pages
...its head high above water. One of the crew pronounced the head as large as a little boat, and its eye as large as a plate. The men were much terrified, but the monster offered them no molestation."* Dr Hibbert mentions that the Great Sea-Serpent has occasionally been recognized in the Shetland Seas;... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 806 pages
...passage from Rum to Canna, the crew of one boat saw it coming towards them, with the wind, and its head above water. One of the crew pronounced its head as...were much terrified, but the monster offered them no 2 L KRE KRAKEN. molestation. From those who saw it I could get no interesting particulars additional... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1850 - 216 pages
...its head high above water. One of the crew pronounced the head as large as a little boat, and its eye as large as a plate. The men were much terrified, but the mobster offered them no molestation." Mr. MClean saw this in June, 1808, and it is remarkable that... | |
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I am told, were so much terrified at its appearance, that they, in a body, fled from it to the nearest creek for safety. On the passage from Rum to Canna, the crew of one boat saw it coming towards them with the wind, and its head above water. 
