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MERMAIDS.
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him that their daughter Catherine came from the shore, and
saying that there was a boy swimming along shore, and de-
sired the declarant to see what it was.
Declares, that he, his wife, and his daughter Catherine,
went down to the sea side, where she said the boy was swim-
ming, but no boy or person was to be seen there.
Declares, that his daughter then told him all that she has
now declared about the appearance of the boy, and pointed
out to him the two rocks where she had seen the person they
were in quest of.
Declares, that he is well acquainted with the fishing rock,
called the Black Rock of Corphine, and he thinks that the
distance betwixt that rock and the two rocks where his said
daughter saw the boy or animal before-mentioned, will be
about half a mile, or rather better. All which he declares
to be truth, and that he cannot write.
DUN. CAMPBELL, Sh. Sub.
A French paper mentions a Triton, or Merman having
been seen by five fishermen, in the creek of Melin (Morbi-
han) on the 31st of July, 1812.—Its shape resembled that of
a man. It had arms, and the bust was completely human,
but the lower part terminated in a fish’s tail. Its head was
bald, with the exception of the fore-part, on which was a
bunch of black hair, and another bunch was perceptible
upon the chin. The seafaring people, who have sent us
these particulars, had time to observe the monster at their
leisure; it was within half a musket shot of the shore, be-
tween two boats, but they were afraid of it, and did not go
any nearer.
A still more recent account of the appearance of an
animal, supposed to be the mermaid, w as given in the Exeter
paper in August, 1812, in the subjoined letter:
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him that their daughter Catherine came from the shore, and
saying that there was a boy swimming along shore, and de-
sired the declarant to see what it was.
Declares, that he, his wife, and his daughter Catherine,
went down to the sea side, where she said the boy was swim-
ming, but no boy or person was to be seen there.
Declares, that his daughter then told him all that she has
now declared about the appearance of the boy, and pointed
out to him the two rocks where she had seen the person they
were in quest of.
Declares, that he is well acquainted with the fishing rock,
called the Black Rock of Corphine, and he thinks that the
distance betwixt that rock and the two rocks where his said
daughter saw the boy or animal before-mentioned, will be
about half a mile, or rather better. All which he declares
to be truth, and that he cannot write.
DUN. CAMPBELL, Sh. Sub.
A French paper mentions a Triton, or Merman having
been seen by five fishermen, in the creek of Melin (Morbi-
han) on the 31st of July, 1812.—Its shape resembled that of
a man. It had arms, and the bust was completely human,
but the lower part terminated in a fish’s tail. Its head was
bald, with the exception of the fore-part, on which was a
bunch of black hair, and another bunch was perceptible
upon the chin. The seafaring people, who have sent us
these particulars, had time to observe the monster at their
leisure; it was within half a musket shot of the shore, be-
tween two boats, but they were afraid of it, and did not go
any nearer.
A still more recent account of the appearance of an
animal, supposed to be the mermaid, w as given in the Exeter
paper in August, 1812, in the subjoined letter: