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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 7, 29 April 1876, Page 3

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\ ColToj-ipoudellt iwnds to> ft Seotcft Ml |„,c);).« following account of a curious 4lvi:itfcm'«> whioh Uio Gro'V of a tlrowghty iVri'v lifhin , ,C"l»"a<i are sikid (io have met vit.li : -James Poss, tho ampler of thfc* mih/:, reports felijkfe ♦>»» WedrMWKtay ta»t. bw-wim-'ii nino ami ten o'clock in the f.<reiiinn, tli" Bull Hook hearing VV. Jr. V\ nix mill's distant, while battling their itiii, a hit t :!«-a monster came- t*> the snritct: within n. i'liw yards of the boat. Tft«t ..•ihermou calculated that the animal—rhidi, from their acctunits,, is a tish of the t-:f.iU!t:ona species—measured aboitt iiOft. on". f's !i«'!ml appeared t« be some Kft. otig by about 4ft.. broad, and had the ler.uliarity "f boing full of holes or slits * tilco a grating."' Its eye:* resentlded ihiiHu of an "X, and ita skirt was- black ami rough, more light in colour Siowanls tin 1 lu'lly. ft fiail » broad tail, it wart computed, 6ft. front tip flu tip ; am! the tail, as well as ttie head, was covered with white barnacles. From his and the fact that one of the fins ap«ared to he eaten away or decayed, the shermen thought the monster moat he of » gvnafc as,'e. Tli« cvew, seven 'n number, Saw it take several haddocks otF their tine, pluck it afterwards broke. Becoming fctarmed for their own safety, they Sting ijay of tilt - * large stones used »» ballast at h,jn (hie of these missiles striking the mimai it plunged under water but came up again shortly after, farther front the iioafc,' and made a lotwl 'hootng' sonnd. It appears that art animal of this ilesrripliort has previously been l>y fisherHen, and in liiiiiwn:» the'herring t heiri" its habit to- follow herriit!* »fioab. It tii» never, however, ventttretl so> near a boat as on the present occasion."