, 1877-01-27

the Iiiad" and he " Odyssey" cal only
have been born and edueated in a civi!lsa"
ton that could produce such wonders.
Only q poet who had masterpieces of art
like these continually before his eyes could
have composed those divine poems"
In the Straits Of Malacca, the sea mons
ter so repeatedly seen, and so repeatedly
declared to be mythical, appears at last 10
have been carefully observed by comps
tent witnesses. The creature was seen b9
the passengers and crew of the ship
'Nestor,' on her voyage to Shanghai, aud
on her arrival at Shanghai the master OF
the ship (Mr. John Keller Webster) and
the surgeon (Mr. James Anderson) made
q statutory declaration of what they LAD
seen before a magistrate, as a mode, We
suppose. of formally a~ttesting that they
spok- ia good-t.ith. The creature (Which
fesenb'ed a huge salamander, only that In
stead Of being about six or eight inches
loug, these dimensions must Ee multiplied
by at least IS or 100, the body being
from IS tt. to soft in length, the head IL
IT,, and the tail, it is said, no lrss than $50
TT was first seen at t~alfpast ten O'Clock on
int l1tU vi 'oCDtCnlUCts ntHOCu AGO " IA
west of the North Sand Lighthouse in the
Straits of MaIacca. The weather was fine,
the sea smooth, aud the air perfectly clear.
The Chinese on deck were terribly alarm
ell. and set up a howl. The whole watch
and three saloon passengers saw the creo-
ture clearly, and observed it's movements.
1t travelled for q long time about as fast
as the steamer, appearing to paddle itself
by the help Of " an undulatOry motion OF
It's tail in u vertical plane" The body and
tai were marked as those OF the salamander
are marked,-with alternate bands, black
aud pale yellow in colour. "The head
was Immediately connected with the body,
wltj,olt any indication Of u neck" Both
witnesses state positively that the only
resemblance was TO some creature OF the
frog or newt kind, while one of them (thO
s~urgeon) says that the longer he observedlt,
the more he was struck with its resem-
blanca TO a gigantic salamander. It's back
was oval in form. No eyes or ius were
seen, and it did not blow or spout IN the
manner of q whale. The greater part OF
its head was never seen, beng beneath
the surface. Probably the creature IS OF a
race which survives from that very differ
ent world in which creatures OF gigantic
size seem TO have been so much commoner
than now. There appears to be n" manner
of reason for dounting the very express
evidence SO SuccinctIy and sobefIy given
The Anglo Jewish Association has wait
ed upon Lord Derby. to point out that the
suferings Of the Jews in Roumania date
from the emancipation Of that country from
Mahommedan rule, to quote some striking
instances .ot persecution, particularly the
"noyades de Galatz" in 1867, and to urge
that Jews should%hare in any advantages
secured to Christians from the Port e.
Lord Derby in reply admitted the persecu'
tons, and promised that he would support
no measures Of administrative" reform which
cid not apply to all non-Mussulman sub
iects. There can be no doubt that the
Jews have o case in Roumania, and IN
Russia too, and that they ought to receive
the protection which we should have
thought their w capitalists could have
extorted from the Go vernments. At the
same time, they must remember that the
passionate devotion to the Turks manifest
ed 10 their newspapers, in their speeches,
and in their politics at this crisis, is not
likelv to be a recommendation to the