The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-08-05
MERMAID IN LAKE B1GLER
A Moonlight Interview on the Water
, Stellerus Borealis- Beneath the ke-
gion Of Fishes-A s~ubterranean
Passage-Mysterious Events
The Apparition-Descrip-
ton of the Mermaid,
Etc, ETC., Etc.

,9ne more has been added to the
cnany known objects Of beauty in and
about Lake Bigler-a genuine, spright-
Wand remarkably beautiful mermaid;
one which surpasses in beauty any
ever found in the Ganges, the upper
waters of the Amazon, or h blue
depths OF old Ocean. The only person
who has as yet had Al opportunity OF
gazing upon this most charming Great
ure long enough at a time to see
it i'm all its bearings and furnish an in
telligible description of it is Sailor
Il Dick, or Captain Dick, of h teamer
Emerald, plying between G~leubrook
and Tahoe City. Many years before
the mast farniliarized Dicks eyes with
the form and the brilliant and beautI-
fui coloring of the corvphene, 10 when
family of cetaceouS the
Lake Bigler mermaid is probably al
lied, although the description would
indicate that it is of the genus
srELLERUs BoREALIs
-sCuyjerl. class h~erbivorous ~cetarea
which sometimes reach a length OF 20
feet. There can be no doubt thatthese
Cete, in los instances, formed the
type of those ideal objects of ancient
poetry, the sirens. those sea nyinphs
whose melody charmed the entranced
Noyager to his destruction and death,
1t has been said that. heueath the
depths of the ocean. an atmosphere eN-
lists adapted to the re>pIrlng organs oil
certain beings resembling. in form, the
human race. who are possessed OF sur
Passing beauty, OF limited >upernatIr'
al powers. and who are liable to the
incident OF death. They dwell in a
wide territory OF the globe tar
H REGION OF FISHES,
over which the sea, like h cloudy
canopy of our sky, !oftiiy rolls. and
there they possess habitations ON
structed of the pearIy and c"raliint
productions of the ocean. They are
sometimes tbut rarely found in the
Gaures, As far up as where that stream
DIVORCES to form the delta. and up tht
AmaZon more than a thousand mlIe'
from The sea. This l. the first instance
on record where one of these sirens
has been found in a mountain lake
and lis presence IN Lake BiS!er l.
3 strongly suggestive OF
sunrERRANEAN PASSAGE
Eonnectingthat bottomless and heanti
full body of water with the ocean. The
anrjents believed that these being
could wrap themselves i'll an arui"i
that would enable them to pass NJ
through the volume OF waters tina III
between the submarine an'
the suprauIariue world, and it is no
Improbable that the
MAID OF LAKE BIGLER.
After passing underline Sierra and int
the Iimpid waters of the lake, foune
the latter so light and transparent tina
she required no artnor to ascend. an,
therefore reached the surface IN al
the pristine beauty with which she wa
} clothed in her coralline ''Cradle of thu
deep HILBERT tells Us that the am
phibious nature of these curious
beings enables them not only to eNl>
in the ocean,, but to land on the shores
where they frequently tighten them
selves of their SEA dress. resume thel
human form, and with much curiosity
examine the nature OF the upper worlt
that belongs to the human race.
Certain
MYSTERIOUS EVENTS
Which have recently happened III tn
vicinity of Glenbrook, had .cd man.
to believe that one of these strang
creatures was in the habit of landln!
ON the shores of Pray'S Bay; and oil
Wednesday evening last, between
and 10 O'Clock. while Captain Dick wa
out on the lake about our miles fror
" shore. fishing by moonlight in a drift
ing boat,
THE A~PPARITION
Appeared to him, breast high ahov
the smooth surface of the water, in al
the ~resplendence of a c~oryphene an
: with a beauty surprising that OF tn
most lovely and perfectly fornie'
conan Captain Dick was somewha
frightened at first, but the friendi.
and even affectionate expression OF tn
lovely countenance, the girlish mod
c>ty Of the sweet blue eyes, II abov