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Show The Turkish "Sea Serpent." An extraordinary fish story Is going tho rounds In tho Turkish capital. A high English official was coming down tho Bosphorus in his boat, and met from fifteen to twenty largo fishes, flvo or six times as big as porpoises, going up tho Bosphorus at a tremendous tremen-dous speed. They had square heads, and wero cortnlnly not sharks, 'mo boatmen Eay they aro "Jannovlrs," which Js tho Turkish for "wild boast," and thoy descrlbo them ns very ferocious, fero-cious, tor thoy attack boats and llvo entirely on porpoises. Thoy hnvo not been seen for fifteen years, and usually pass up tho Bosphorus and spend a few days in tho Black sen, nnd thon disappear, having eaten all tho porpoises. Tho flshormeu aro delighted, ns porpolEeShavo been ex ceedlngly numerous this year, and fish have been .very scarce. |