Show MERMAID IS FRIGHTFUL SIGHT dugong with great mouth and big up lips arrives arrive prom from south africa in tank new york A in mermaid ermald tn in a tank of embalming fluid arrived from south africa on the top deck of tho the american liner philadelphia this mermaid is known scientific ally as a dugong ot of the species ser derenig enig it la Is supposed to be a sur bur yuval of the legend of at the sea that gave ri ra to the ballet that beautiful creatures half human and halt fish occasionally at the surface tit of abe water and tried to entice sailors to follow them into the deep tho the specimen eliat arrived here was waa hardly capallo capable of enticing anyone aar where except tn lu 1 l opposite direction it has a great tooth at the top of its iti head and big biff diio immediately below life chest however has haa a suggestion of nt that of a human abeln and it Is said that even today the dugong Is s accustomed cus cusi tomed to ride upright in tha waters and hold its oVa offspring pring in one of its flap nippers an a woman would her he child the mermaid was caught iti in dela gon goa bay after a it 14 hour struggle ceorge victor who bas baa fleeing concessions ces lit in portuguese east amen africa mad tha the capture lie ire made every sf ef fort to got get it to land alive but it lived only a short time after it had heen taken lie ho exhibit exhibited edit it in south ad ud brought it herff lo 10 1 win 11 |