looking more attentively, they discovered that it was not a human being ; they gave a very distinct account of what they saw. The upper part was exactly like a woman ; the skin appeared very white and a good deal of colour in the cheeks, and very long darkish looking hair ; the arms were very well, proportioned above, but tapered very much towards the hands, which were no larger than a child’s of eight or ten years old ; the tail was like an immense large cuddy fish or scith, in colour and shape.—By the time the people of the farm came, it was about a gun-shot from the shore, sitting quite upright on the water. One of the men proposed, to shoot her ; but the rest opposed this, so he did not do it ; he whistled, an which she turned round, but did not go away ; she remained in sight above two hours, at times making a hissing noise, like a goose. When she disappeared, she laid herself very gently down on the water, and swam away, the head only appearing above the water. She was seen a little distance from shore twice after this, always early in the morning and when the sea was calm. From— Java Government Gazette. 28 July 1815. Provided by KB (Koninklijke Bibliotheek). The European Library. Conference of European National Librarians (CENL). .