Abstract

WHILST walking by the sea on the cliffs last Sunday, I perceived at a distance of about 1500 yards a flight of nearly forty ducks, travelling at a good pace 2 or 3 feet above the level of the water. To me they appeared exactly what the so-called “sea-serpent” would, eight or ten of the birds flying close together and forming the head, whilst the rest trailed behind and formed the body and tail. At intervals they disappeared. This was caused, I think, by the birds changing their course and flying either directly away or towards me; the former, I believe, in my case.

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