"...The facts relating to this apparition (entered in various log-books) agreed in most respects as to the shape of the object or creature in question, the untiring rapidity of its mo-vements, its surprising power of locomotion, and the peculi-ar life with which it seemed endowed. If it was a whale, it sur-passed in size all those hitherto classifıed in science. Taking into consideration the mean of observations made at divers times—rejecting the timıd estimate of those who assigned to this obje ...