THE MYSTERY SOLVED.
CAPTURE OF THE SAURIAN MONSTER. SHOT JSV NATIVES AT R, AH LAN. fur tki.»;kai-h.-own- e- ■•'■•xiif.nt.J I! i'.i \n. 1 j ;.i .v. Till-: rapture of the Hamilton Saurian Muhslit nlf lir- -oath |„.;,d of the Rimini 11 arbour \v i elleeted this atternoon by one of tienatives ot Kopua name i Rawiri. He: put :a • i h;' *s ihrouji his lic-aH. It is ll’ft. loin,', ami Mi. in "irth, with two laix'a scr-wdik-propellors in lira of a tail. It was fouml slumbering on the Leach, but still alive. Its head is like* that «*i a leopard, with two rows of formidable teeth. 1- in Mi'll row ; .skin of a trivy silver eolor. which has been taken oil' earefulh, with and head, tin op'-nintr. the body two pouelelike slom mbs n<-re found full of birds with feathers, etc. One of our more enterprising settlers lias purchased the monster, with a view of exhibiting it throughout New Zealand, Australia and llirouiih lie* United States and Europe.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2388, 29 October 1887, Page 2
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168THE MYSTERY SOLVED. Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2388, 29 October 1887, Page 2
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