Mermaid at Nykoping, North Jutland, Denmark.

From the Newcastle Courant, 2nd September 1749.

We hear from Nykoping in Jutland, that the Fishermen there had catch'd a Mermaid, which from the Waist upwards had an human Form, and that the rest was like a Fish, with a Tail turning up behind; that she struggled so much in the Net, that she presently killed herself; and that her Fingers, instead of being separate, were joined together by a Membrane.

CC image by Andreas F Borchert

Mermaid on the River Deveron, Aberdeenshire

From the Ipswich Journal, 7th February 1746.

[...] We hear from the North, that some Days ago a Sea-Creature, known by the Name of Mermaid, which has the Shape of a human Body from the Trunk, but below is wholly Fish, was carried some Miles up the Water of Devron.

The Little Mermaid. CC image by Avda-Berlin.