Show I Little Visible Charm in Captured Mermaid hat I 1 hat tI tie e belief In mermaids should have bave survived un h ell all nil these Is ex but there Is another curious side to tl II c a that matter matter Hint rich Ive e seen through the centuries seems to have hae been uglier than Its prell predecessor cessor Of Ot thIs tills thero thue can cau be no doubt If one C the lion of the inner mer maid of the ancient Gm GI ecks with Ith tl II ose o e o ot of more mire recent times lines In an account of o a mermaid cap captured lured off ort tie tI e a coast of Natal atal a writer de describes It as having hn Ing screamed liken like lIbe Q a woman oman when c and goes on onto onto onto to state tate tl II at It had seven SHen ribs on each tach side lung lungs kidneys and a heart mu nl nut nuttie ut c tie tle size of an ox heart to 10 the writer the lie mermaid was 11 feet long lead hall a n huge hue tall Instead of ot I leis lebs lacked n Q tongue and teeth but bun I im-id im a n heavy y chin mint Hat nose eyes ereg and anda a kind of hair that blew In tuft tufts Aota ot 1 a very ery pre o assessing It Is more than probable that this Sod pound monster was as n a dugong which though once n a land dv d II now nil au Inhabitant of the sea anti un undoubtedly undoubtedly re responsible for many ninny of ot the mermaId legends |