The Great Power and Malice of the Sperm Whale

In the sixth christian century lived procopius, a christian magistrate of constantinople. During his prefecture at constantinople, a great sea monster was captured in the neighbouring sea of marmora after having destroyed vessels for more than 50 years. Of what precise species this sea monster was is not mentioned - but i am strongly inclined to think a sperm whale. And i will tell you why. For a long time, i fancied that the sperm whale had been always unknown in the mediterranean and the deep waters connecting with it. Even now, i am certain that those seas are not, and perhaps never can be, in the present constitution of things, a place for