Logan Republican | 1903-01-27 | Page 7 | The Turkish "Sea Serpent"

The Turkish "Sea Serpent." An extraordinary fish story Is -going tho rounds In tho Turkish capital. A high English official was coming down the Bosphorus In his boat, nnd met from fifteen to twenty largo Ushos, flvo or six times as big as porpoises, going up tho Bosphorus at a tremendous tremen-dous speed. They had squaro heads, and wero cortnlnly not sharks, 'ino boatmen say thoy aro "Jannovlrs," which is tho Turkish for "wild beast," and they descrlbo thorn n3 very foro-clous, foro-clous, for they attack boats and llvo ontlroly on porpoises. They havo not been seen for fifteen yenrs, and usually pass up tho Bosphorus and spend a few days In tho Black sea, and then disappear, having eaten all tho porpoises. Tho fishermen aro delighted, as porpoises have been exceedingly ex-ceedingly numerous this year, and fish have been very scarce.