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Show Monster of the Ocean; Part Fish; Part Snake : . dagger, as liver and bacon are spitted with a stick. It is presumed that the monster was keeping them there until un-til he became hungry enough to eat them, for he really did not bite on the line, but was hooked by accident in the top of the head. Finally, the tongue of this most extraordinary creature was found to be three inches long and as hard as flint. It fitted against a similar hard substance in the upper part of the mouth. With this he ground fish or oysters into fine' fragments. Shells and bones could not stand against the grinding motion. It is said by fishermen that the noise made by the meeting of the upper jaw and tongue causes such terror to little fish that they are deprived of motion and easily captured. Men who have studied fish deeply are at a loss how to properly classify the new monster. When cut to pieces, the flesh of the monster was found to X A most remarkable monster of a fish was caught a few days ago in Bay Adam, an inlet of the gulf on the lower coast, writes the New Orleans Times-Democrat. Times-Democrat. Natives of the vicinity cal! the monster a devil fish, but this only because no ether name more ap propriate could be conceived on shori notice. It is necessary to be singularly plain and modest in describing this wonderful wonder-ful creature in order that the scientific world may have a clear-cut idea of it. By actual weight the monster weighed 100 pounds. Its head was like that of a turtle, except that its under lip protruded pro-truded in a pronounced pout, like the lip of an angry rhinoceros. Its body was black, something l.ke the body of a bat. Pendent to this bodv and used by the monster for flight when it is pursued by sharks were black batty wings, showing faint polka dots of bluish blu-ish hue. The tail of the fish, or bat-beast, bat-beast, was something like that of a stingaree. When caught a number of small fish were found spitted to this sting or be very fresh and savory, and pleasant to the palate of man or beast. Its meat resembled beefsteak and tasted something like lambchops. |