# Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 722 October 27, 1877

Author: Various; Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871 [Editor]; Chambers, William, 1800-1883 [Editor]

Genre: Chambers's Edinburgh Journal

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50680

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## Summary

Whether the sea contains any creature at all answering to the popular idea of a 'sea-serpent'--that ophidian monster which is annually reported to have been interviewed by various crews and persons--is a problem which will only be solved by the actual capture of one of those visitors. There are, as will presently be pointed out, certain well-known true sea-snakes, the _Hydrophidæ_ of the Indian Ocean, which swim by means of their compressed fin-like tails; but whether these marine serpents will correspond to the 'sea-serpents' of popular tales, is a matter deserving further investigation. The wide ocean presents features well suited to tempt the imagination to stray into the wildest fligh...

## Chapters

- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/chambers-s-journal-of-popular-literature-science-and-art-no-722-6cf3c3ee/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/chambers-s-journal-of-popular-literature-science-and-art-no-722-6cf3c3ee/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/chambers-s-journal-of-popular-literature-science-and-art-no-722-6cf3c3ee/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/chambers-s-journal-of-popular-literature-science-and-art-no-722-6cf3c3ee/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/chambers-s-journal-of-popular-literature-science-and-art-no-722-6cf3c3ee/chapters/5/index.md)