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44 ASTONISHING DELIVERANCE
anno 1550, speaks of. He says it was caught in Oresund, and
brought to Copenhagen, and there burned by his Majesty’s
orders, because the head resembled that of a human crea-
ture, with cropped hair, and covered with a monk’s hood.
There is yet a difference observed in this mer-man or mer-
maid’s lower parts and the tail. These are represented in
most of the drawings, with fins like other fish, and with a
flat and divided tail, something like that of the porpesses ;
from this, that print of a Siren, which Thom. Barthol.
gives us in Historia. Anatomica. centur. ii. No. IX, page
188, differs entirely; for the lower extremity is there re-
presented with a round protuberance, without the least
sign of a fin, or any thing like the tail of a fish.
Astonishing Deliverance from imminent Danger in the Case
of a Fowler, on the Coast between Hampshire and the
Isle of Wight.
(Related by the Rev. W. Gilpin.)
GL HE hazardous occupation of a Fowler, once led him
into a case of great distress; this being in the day-time, it
shews still greater danger of such expeditions in the night.
Mounted on his mud-pattens (flat pieces of board tied on
his feet), he was traversing one of these midland plains in
quest of ducks; and being intent only on his game, he
suddenly found the waters, which had been brought for-
ward with uncommon rapidity, by some peculiar circum-
stances of tide and current, had made an alarming pro-
gress around him. Incumbered as his feet were, he
could not exert much expedition ; but to whatever part
he ran, he found himself completely invested by the
tide. In this uncomfortable situation, a thought struck
him, as the only hope of safety. He retired to that part
of the plain, which seemed the highest, from its being
yet uncovered by water; and, striking the barrel of his
gun (which, for the purpose of shooting wild fowl,
was very long) deep into the mud, he resolved to hold
fast
anno 1550, speaks of. He says it was caught in Oresund, and
brought to Copenhagen, and there burned by his Majesty’s
orders, because the head resembled that of a human crea-
ture, with cropped hair, and covered with a monk’s hood.
There is yet a difference observed in this mer-man or mer-
maid’s lower parts and the tail. These are represented in
most of the drawings, with fins like other fish, and with a
flat and divided tail, something like that of the porpesses ;
from this, that print of a Siren, which Thom. Barthol.
gives us in Historia. Anatomica. centur. ii. No. IX, page
188, differs entirely; for the lower extremity is there re-
presented with a round protuberance, without the least
sign of a fin, or any thing like the tail of a fish.
Astonishing Deliverance from imminent Danger in the Case
of a Fowler, on the Coast between Hampshire and the
Isle of Wight.
(Related by the Rev. W. Gilpin.)
GL HE hazardous occupation of a Fowler, once led him
into a case of great distress; this being in the day-time, it
shews still greater danger of such expeditions in the night.
Mounted on his mud-pattens (flat pieces of board tied on
his feet), he was traversing one of these midland plains in
quest of ducks; and being intent only on his game, he
suddenly found the waters, which had been brought for-
ward with uncommon rapidity, by some peculiar circum-
stances of tide and current, had made an alarming pro-
gress around him. Incumbered as his feet were, he
could not exert much expedition ; but to whatever part
he ran, he found himself completely invested by the
tide. In this uncomfortable situation, a thought struck
him, as the only hope of safety. He retired to that part
of the plain, which seemed the highest, from its being
yet uncovered by water; and, striking the barrel of his
gun (which, for the purpose of shooting wild fowl,
was very long) deep into the mud, he resolved to hold
fast