, 1874-07-27
A DEVlL-FISII,


! IFH7H tHf fiHst iIfG&H }f1nkf4rH d}Cf{.
we Ind loft Colombo III tho a1oan,or Etratl,-
owo'', lad rounded Gallo and woro noll in Tho
bay w'th nar course .lafd for Madras, eteamluu
ovar eaitll and tranquil nea. About IN hous
peioto sangot on tho loth OF May we haw on our
| bnls!! sehooonoe lying bucaI1ned. Thore was
nuthihG III lor aI,I'oalAlcn ,r position 10 exoIto
rclnatN. bnt "a wa cR1no up will, her tthzlly
oxatnlnod her with my binocular, aud llel,
noliced beewoon us, but nearor lor q long
low swelling lying GU. tho ooa Which
from 'isa col1r aud shapo / tooK to bo ba,ik
Of 'HeaNeud. Az watched, Tho mass, nu i,ith-
,ntto,' e1er n' Fest o. tho quiot nca wns got IN
rsolcd and thon rightcd Immediately afterwards
tllc massa swayed sideways, and with my elasa
could Clearly utscorn tho enormous mass and tho
nun OF tho achooner coRlosciug---l can think Of
10 Iona o'nHs or, term. Judging from tho,1 oxesa;s-
same appearance. Al1nuat immediately httor
tho Collision and coalascenco tho acnoonsr'a
1aaats s"ayed towalds ns, lower and lowor, tho
vessel saa On hcr beain onds, lay tlero faw
ehe sauk. mud tho maiu exhibiting reversed
ensign struggling towards It's peak. A cry OF
horfor roHo from the looknrs-on, anil, Nd II
by instinct, our ulip'a :hcad was: At once
marked by tho toims Of thoao battling for lifo-
the solo survivors Of tho pretty listlo schooner
whteh oIly twenty minutes Lefore foated brayoly
OIL tho su.ooth sea. As Boun nH tho poor fellowa
h4I0 AubU 10 tBH LuHlF HtuF$ LUGY HHEqunUGiI uH
with tho assertion sthat their yesHcl had beon
submerged by gigantic cuttIo-iiEh or calanary,
thu nnial Which, III ; slnalor form, attracts 10
much attsn!ion Iii the Brighton Aquarium as tho
octopus. EACH narrator Lad his version OF the
story, but i tho u.a'ti nil tho narratves taillod
SO ronlnraably aB to leave no doubt OF tho fact
Az soon rs ho WAS at leiauro. prevailed on tho
skipper to give mo his writton account Of the
disaster. aud have nov muoIl pleasure in send
iuK you copy Ut his narrative,
IL WaB 1AtufY tho Hkruer fif iha Panr1 uoF,onr.
or, 1b0 tons, AZ tight ltto craft As eyor smiled
the. scns, with y croy Of Six mon. We were
bound ION tho hlauritius for RanEoon In ballast
to roturn with paddy. and had put in nt Gallo for
Nator: Threo days out Wo fell becaln,ed IN tho
baY-lat. DO N, long. ~ Z. On tho 1Uth Of
Muy, about s p. tn.-clght bells know hnd Cono
we sighted a two.masled scrow OIL our port
quartor, about or miles OF. Very soon hflcr,
out Of tho sea ABOUT half a milo of on our lnf-
board side, aud Te,natnod spread out as 1t verc .
aud stationary. It loohe1 like tho baol1 Of
hugo whale. but It slJpcd less, and was OF
baskntg ID tho sun, WHATS that?' / sunr ont
to tho Mate: 'Dloss II I know; barring It's size,
color, aud shape, It might DO q wAalo,' replied.
one Of tho crew, for he's too round ior shat orc
orittus. wont into the oabiu fur my riho, and
~ was proparod to fro, Bill Darling
Newfoundlandor, casho on dock, and looEiny
~ me lhonalofs o1clAlIneu, putting up Lis
hHit, laVo care. muster, that ero Ia = Bquid,
aud will capsizo us If you hunt him. Smiling ut
tue idea, lot tlY and hit him, aud with that ho
shook thoro was great lippto all around him,
anu ho logan to luoyo. Out with all your axes
and kuives," shouted Bill. and cut at any part
OF him tlat comes aboard Look aliyc, and Lord
help us! Not aware of tlo danger, and uerer
having scen or heard Of such d monster, l gavo
no ordors, and it Tas no uuo touching the helm
Of ropes 70 get out Of tho way. Dy this time
a1os, and ono ) rusty cutlaas, and all
we're looking over tho ahip'a sido Al tho i'd.
yancing monster. We could gcs hugo oblong |
!nass moving by Jerks just under tho surface Of
HE water, and Ill enormous train following,
Tho ohong body WAS at. lotst half the size Of |
our Sessol in length, and Just A thick the |
wake or trntn might haye been ono hundred feet |
ong. In the timn thas l. Ahvo taken to nriso |
Ills the brute struck lis. and tho ship quiyored |
lndci the tlud; in another moment, monBtrous |
sr!nn like treeH selzed the vessel as abe hoolcd |
oyer; III another second the monster waa aboard. |
'qucezea in between tue tHo pastB, Bill screaming
slash for your livoa': but al! our BlsB!luE 1ng
IT no avail, for the brute, holding on by bis |
INNS, Slipped his yaBE body overheard, aud |
,ulled the vessel down With him on Gor BEAM
allda wo wcro thrown into tho water at onco,
md just ab l went over caught sight Of ono OF
Ae crow, either Dill or Tom Fielding. ,suuashed |
lp between tho nhbtB and ONO OF those awful |
slHH Tor a -fow sHecondb our ship lay Oh her
bean-enls, then filed and wont down; anotber
II the CROW must have been sucked down, for |
Gou only picked up two; tho rest you know. I |
ant tell who ran up tho enslgn.-JAMEs TLo1D, |
ITO inaator schooner Poarl."