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Show A TALE OF THE SEA . . interestingeven Sailors ' yarns are geneially genelally generally amusing and interesting , even if many of them are not gospel truth . We just ran ranacross ranacross ranacross across shipwhen an old one from the log of Henry Hudson's Hudsons Iludson's Iludsons ' ship when that famed exploier explOler explorer was trying to find the long- long - sought long-sought long sought longsought "northwest northwest " passage to China Chma " in 1608 . For vivid imagination vividimagination it is hard to beat . It tells of sighting a "mermaid mermaid " , " in the following followingrecord record , dated June 15 , in latitude 75 degrees 7 minutec minutes minutesnorth minutesnorth ; north : "One One " of our company looking ovel overboard board saw a mer- mer mermaid mer mermaid . - maid and , calling up some of the company to see her , one onemore onemore onemore more ' came up and by that time she was come close to the theship's theship's theship's theships aftera ship's ships side , looking earnestly on the men . A little after , a sea came up and overturned her ; from the waiste up- up up up . - wards upwards her back and breasts were lyke a woman's womans ' , her whyteand body herbody being as big as one of us ; her skin was very whyte , and her hair hanging down behind being of colour blacke ; lykethe Tykethe in her going downe , they saw her tayle , which was lyke Tyke the marcreU.Their marcreUTheir tayle of a porposse and speckled lyke a marc.ren marcren marcrell . . Their names that saw her were Thomas Hitler HiUer and Robert RobertRayner " Rayner . Like many other myths and superstitions this yarn was yarnwas for a long time believed by thousands . , Stories Storiesequally equally Storiesequally foolishare foolish are believed believedjo to ; this his day . |
