Show lI f J I ANIMAlS FOUND mUN IN GULF Ulf OF f AO ADEN Bodies Closely Resemble T Human Both in Outline Outline Out- Out t line and Size E By SELFRIDGE HANNAGAN Copyright by World World- v wide vido ido idov v T Y i News Service Inc LONDON o DON April 21 The 21 The fable of ot has be been n given new life lICe The crew of a a. fishing lugger hauling their great net brought up from the bed o ot of the Gulf of ot Aden two a 0 male malo and a a. female of the tho group with bodies closely cosey resembling the human both Joth bothIn bothin in outline and size Nothing approaching their appearances appear appear- anc ances has been known h since records record which h allege that a a. mermaid was cap captured at Bangor in Belfast Lough This strange visitor was baptized but admitted into the ld calendar lendar of saints wh where re sh sho tl figures to this day as Saint Mur- Mur gen gen When hen the capture in the Gulf of Aden was first reported it was thought that the sirens were vere of the South African dugong or manatee type which is also found off oft the coa coat coast t of of Ceylon Celon Undoubtedly the ne new mammals belong to both clashes claes and a class not defined The upper portion of the body hody has hasa a 1 human form There is a marked line waist al lIne t-lIne like that of a well veIl de- de ed woman That is the facto which bleh brings them in the category of ct the fabled merm mermaid ld The tail tall ar however Is undoubtedly JIl like e that of the dugong for It i is fan- fan The arms terminate e In a ahan han form of three distinct flappers flap flap- pers like the the- seals seal's divided tail thu APELIKE HEADS T The le heads of the creatures the do thy not r se ble the or dugong IU its US peculiar nose appendage have almost the faces of seals eals yet et they slightly resemble those of apes When Den n taken from the sea sa the i cr ures were docile and offered l l JJ he slightest r resistance They I wM their capt captors rs ifs to hold thorn then lP their short arms and In T ost re the outline of 01 the hu human an form was more apparent The naked waistline hips and breasts aro Aro areo so humanlike that they have at attracted attracted attracted at- at zoological authorities s all allore allover over ore the world who are bidding c each ch other for their pos lOS lOS- ses session lon TJ The Te e British museum wants them badly for exhibition and research as uI also do the American museums but or some sur superstitious belief or other the owners will vilL not part with their charges They regard them themas I as liS souls of the dead I DRAW CROWDS ASHORE Tie le real fact of the matter ubly Is that they are attracting so many crowds ashore from the big s which call at Aden that they are a veritable gold mine to the 10 town and under no consid consideration the vendors In trinkets fans amb amber r beads and ostrich feathers feathe's part art with them For Is it not writ writ- these sages that mermaids bring prosperity In their trail and once th they y are betrayed ruin follows in their path History records that a a. merman Was caught off of the coast of S in tu 1 81 and kept prisoner In lh Orford castle until he died six months la la- la ter Another record shows that a mermaid lived JIved i in a tank at BrIghton Brighton Brighton ton for 18 IS months Be Be- this as it ma nay may the fact re remains Te- Te mama mains that at Aden tobay there are two creatures in captivity the Iko Ike of ef which has not been seen for centuries cen con and It Is pro provable probable able that search wIllbe e made for others In the waters waters' wa wa- va- va near where here they were dis ov- ov ered red S LI LIKE E VEAL An i authority states that he thinks tho belong to the class clase which were exterminated 1 In the seas many years after afler S thE were the were discovered by Steller a fid scientist who was attached to an exp expedition that was shipwrecked on onan onan onan an In Jn th the Bering straits Steller an and his companions re reported re- re ported when rescued that for or nearly a a. year they lived lIve on the flesh of the which was so tame that Jt It allowed Itself to be caught They found that Its flesh Jesh resembled that of et veal al S e be form of this mammal with Its like eat head was the nearest to that of the mythical mermaid Stel Stel- S Ieri description lerg descrIption Is the nearest ap apS approach ap- ap S rO to that of the Aden S gIc |