Page 2 Advertisements Column 5

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVII, Issue 106, 6 May 1893, Page 2

The great soa serpent has hitherto been rpgarded by most people as a myth, but it may be assumed that its authenticity is now placed beyond any doubt by the treatise on the creature jasfc written by Dr A. O, Oudemine, Director of the Zoological Gardens at The Hague. The Professor de* clans thut the animil is no sea serpent at all. but belongs to an unclassified species of the genus of Pinniped. The length of the monster in adult specimens he reokoqs at 250 feet, dimensions far in excess of any-, thing alt linid by the saurians of the pre» Adamite psriod. Dr. Oudemans has arrived at his very exhaustive conclusions regarding the form, habit?, mode of life, disposition and geographical distribution of the sea serpent from a historical aud critical examination of all the notices of the disappearances of the animal upon wiph he can lay hapda. He seeks to show that the monster is represented by only a few individuals, the race being in process of becoming extinct. The great Pinniped, the doctor says, is harmlesss and timid, and it frequents the warm ocean currents of the Atlantic, making only erratic journeys to other seas. Its rate of speed, from the extraordinary vertical undulations of its huge body, is far beyond that of our fastest steamships, so that in a stern chase it could never be over taken. Ellen Davies, 57, charwoman, sued the London and North- Western Railway at the Manchester Assizes, on 6th March, for compensation for injuries to her eyes. The plaintiff on 28th April last year was walking along a thoroughfare parallel with defendants' Hue, near Manchester, when some sparks from the engine entered her eyes. After suffering great pain, she ultimately lost the sight of one eye, and the hospital surgeon gave little hope of her ever being able to use the other. The jury awarded her £500. Leave to appeal was granted by the judge, who said, however, that the plaintiff must have £1 a week paid to her in the meantime. Last yetr, in the London Hospital, 10,070 in-pttients were treated, these including 2517 children under twelve years ol age. To support this institution, about £40,000 a year is required, from voluntary contriba* tione.