A MAN FISH.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 154, 2 July 1877, Page 3

A MAN FISH.

A tal gaper published In the remote diaine6 of Bayeax Ijas jaafi giv^o ■ a deacrtptioQ To ita pages of a marioe moiisteß' which qaite apii^aesihe faoie of the 'tauter petit. The account bf thia straaga faeiaej haa beea communicated to the editor of feha indiaateUr .0 by » worthy maa living i a the aeigli-? «f bdr6iooil|Who had riacefve'd if; frpp ja* fci; re{aii\re of t&eiira serving oa bparC "Ue The writer deppaaa tiA^aft^r '"' tbiiciiiijag at Marfiioique, aad whq'a aeafia^ the Diamood Poiafi, ha and Ms on board the shijp weea by , the apparition of a sa'a mouster « to which they were booq forced £0 giva the name of a aian-Sabj" 'iliT^ 9 QFBRtaro was swimming t peaceabLy "^ a | 8 B nor^ "dislaoee" ahead bl ih'a iJ ! vefisei. The sea was calm, the sun r was t'^bright; and with the aid of a goou a .telescope it waa qaite -- easily to di^d., (lagaish his bodily appearance and eveh \c I 1 *? feaeurea. Down to hia wftiai, which waa a aleader waisj as of a boyi o£ fouE|tsen, the figuaa^was tha& of a man, its i , head . well proportioned , the^ey e&LlaEgja ' ' baY not ogly, the nose big and flat, and the countenance round aad fall. The face,* neck, and, in fact all the appejr tWbody, appeared to be as4li>&ktoQi' and the skin to be delicate, , hut ifcteriJtoJoiret pare df the bodjj, it simply resembled that of a fiah, anji ended : in a large forked tail; All these particulars were observed while thk wa ® ' puraaing -iia wtujia; ii& fraQqui)Xe.QJoyment of tha fiae wMheij, and nowise- irighjeaed by the shouek l 3?^" *&$& SQ hour'a a «?ioi during « V #M da ' the^hetis Mainly atteiapted to tScebie ap-witfa tie 'atraogeV 'if "gave k nxmisoi impulsion- to tea latt and; diaap[peared from view. H§ .seams havfe beea in the habit of neatly combing and t ;4irußiiiiagihia hair, whibh 'w^'smo^tft and wall-arranged. On the oihej handl -.- fa. bad either not tha laiauca oV, noc the aaaiful foe hair cutting aad • fitia^iag, for iiis locks and baarj floatea .. jQ.aauadance roand hie shoal 6rs an^ o?ar his, breast.,/ On the whola th^ * "GoacUjfalon |oroied ( by: the .craw of the was that the ancient stories of Afiicens are not myths, but actual truths;. . _Afi to this queaiion, shall soon, as f^eina, ha,ye tha beoeifii o( ' another the writer of the letter stating ijtaat the prodigy had been also observed -a few days belt/re with similar feelings [ of ; i; astonishment by the. crew, of tue 'British ship Frooast.—G/odff. i