Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-07-20

N an oid-fashionei history it i
narrated that on the 18th Of March,
592 an oiicsr stationed &C the delta
Of the Nile. IN Eower Egypt, while
walking witlf some friendS, came upon
. strange seaman and sea-woman.-.
They SWAN along the shore, and, the
-learned soldier says. the man had .
6erce air and terrible aspect. His
hair was red ard sonewkat bnshy,
and his skin was 3 bEownish color
e 1nnns f8Ee &Fas a. eet end MI
h1s hair ives black and Ii0aEaa Isl her
acuideFh. heg hodr Mhife and kar
breasls pzpnsinex These two mon
sters remained over two hours in sipht
q the officer and 90 mach attention
US taken q it that Maurice, who
then reigned. came to see The strange
beihes1 y -
Again. in q work entitled sAsaub
u MalklUwkatf BY CaFUfnia, q cele-
brated writer, the following state
ment Is made :
g IN 604 ish was caught in the
Caspian Sea and opened in the pres
enes Of Prince Salem, and within the
lish was found . sea-girl. >
She had ona pair Of pantaloons with
out seam. madelike that Of the skin
Of man. and which came down to
her knees. She sometimes held her
hands to Der face. and at others over
her hair he drew heavy signs, and
only lived feH moments.
Central Enfogls, 4 seems. was not
exempt, as, u The 7 History Of the
Netherlands" ofI4S0. we find the fol-
lowing Femarkable yarn d grf1 1sT
AFTER q great inundation some
women Of the town Of Edano, situa-
ted on the Sea of leland, OF the ex-
tremity Of the little River I've, going
in their beat from their town to Pom
meran@, where their cows were feed
ing. found on their way sea-airl,
half buried in the sand. They washed
her aud took her to Edano, where
they clothed her.
The history adds that they taught
this girl to spin and 70 make the sign
Of the cross but they could never
teach her to pronounce a word, al
though they took her to Hmrlem,
where some literatti attempted to
make her speak. On the Slst Of
May, 1911, tbe following account was
drawn up by P. Luce. Captain-Co
manded Of the quarters Of the Dia-
|mant. in Martinico, in the presence
{ the notary of the quarters, Peter
de Beville and four other witnesses |:
"In returning from the islands of
the Diamant, we saw near the shore, a
sea monster, Of human form from the
middle upward, and terminating be-
low like q fish. His tail. was large
and split. His head was the size of
an ordinary man's with straight hair,
black. and intermixed with gray
His face was large and full. His
arms and hands were like ours. and
be seemed to wipe his face with them
Is he rose. His skin was moderately
white. and his length seemed about
five feet. His air was fierce, and he
looked at US with great attention.
When we saw him first. he was not
above seven PAGES of, but he slived
and reappeaFed 50 close that one of
the men presented his ish-line, upon
which he disappeared" !"
Such were some Of the strange sto-
ries Of simple folks, who evidently
believed al they swore to. In q
comparatively late history Of Por-
tugal we find the following state
ment
"On the Iadian coast, twenty-five
men and women were captured and
sent to Don Emanuel, but only two
survived the voyage, a woman and
her daughter They we're very mel
ancholy, whonld eat but little. and
were slowly dying when the king
touched BY their condition, ordered
them 10 be chained aud put in shall
low water. On seeing the water they
rushed to il eagerly, and having
plunged themselves. showed by q
thousand tricks their Joy and salts
faction. They remained three hours
under water. In this manner they
were kept alive three years, but new
er learned TO utter word. g
Oliver Meyin. captain Of the vessel
Mary de Grace. leaves rs the follow
ing as fact: "0n Thursday, the Sth
Of August ITO, We were lying in
twenty-eight fathoms Of water off the
Newfoundland banks, whea at 10
o'clock, q seaman appeared ander our
6gurehead. ] took the gaff to draw
him aboard, but was afraid he would
draw me over. For this reason / only
gave him blow on the back. When
the monster felt the blow he turned
his face to the owner like man i'm
wrath. He swan around the ship.
and when he was leaving her, he laid
hold Of the rudder with both hands.
which Obliged the crew to ix its han
die to bOth sides Of the ship lest he
should endangsr her. Then he re-
passed by the starboard, swimming
like a man, and when he was al the
bow he stopped to look at the figure
head, which was that Of "a beautiful
woman. After having long consid-
cred it, he laid hold Of q rope and
raised himself up. With the seeming
intention to seize il He afterward
swan 20 the windward Of the shin.