CHAPTER XVI.

MONSTERS OF THE DEEP. Mark Twain on Whales—A New Version of an Old Story—Whale as 178 Food—Whaling in 1670—The Great Mammal’s Enemy the “Killer”—The Animal’s Home—The so‐called Fisheries—The Sperm Whale—Spermaceti—The Chase—The Capture—A Mythical Monster—The Great Sea Serpent—Yarns from Norway—An Archdeacon’s Testimony—Stories from America—From Greenland—Mahone Bay—A Tropical Sea Serpent—What is the Animal?—Seen on a Voyage to India—Off the Coast of Africa—Other Accounts—Professor Owen on the Subject—Other Theories