A Mermaid.
The declaration of two fishermen on the Argyleshire coast appears in the Shipping Gazette. They say:-
"We, the undersigned, do declare that on Thursday last, the 4th of June, 1857, when on our way to the fishing station, Lochindahl, in a boat, and when about four miles south-west from the village of Port Charlotte, being then about 6 p.m., we distinctly saw an object about six yards from us in the shape of a woman, with full breast, dark complexion, comely face, and fine hair hanging in ringlets over the neck and shoulders. It was above the surface of the water to about the middle, gazing at us, and shaking its head. The weather being fine we had a full view of it, and that for three or four minutes. - John Williamson, John Cameron. - Islay, June 9, 1857.
Dunstable Chronicle, and Advertiser for Beds, Bucks and Herts, 22nd August 1857.
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