...returned again ; the people on board relating with great terror their having seen a great snake, at least thirty feet long ; which, from its rearing its head...the water, they conjectured meant to attack them. The Indians present, who have always a corroborating story ready, asserted, that their people had seen...

...on board relating with great terror their having seen a great Snake [Snake with a capital] at least thirty feet long, which from its rearing its head...present, who have always a corroborating story ready (and who probably came from Hamilton), asserted that their people had seen three such Snakes, and had...