The book of British ballads . * The reader may remember that some years ago, a veritable mermaid was exhibited inLondon. The cheat was discovered, however, upon close examination. The lady of the sea hadbeen manufactured in Japan, out of the upper part of an ourang outang and the tail of i. 195 In Cromeks Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway song, was published aballad, entitled The Mermaid of Galloway; understood to be the production ofMr. Allan Cunningham, who received the substance of the story from tradition;and tradition, he states, is1 yet rich with the fame of the bewitching fa
The book of British ballads . * The reader may remember that some years ago, a veritable mermaid was exhibited inLondon. The cheat was discovered, however, upon close examination. The lady of the sea hadbeen manufactured in Japan, out of the upper part of an ourang outang and the tail of i. 195 In Cromeks Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway song, was published aballad, entitled The Mermaid of Galloway; understood to be the production ofMr. Allan Cunningham, who received the substance of the story from tradition;and tradition, he states, is1 yet rich with the fame of the bewitching favourite haunts were along the shores of the Nith and Orr, and on the edge ofthe Solway Sea, which adjoins the mouth of those waters. Her beauty was such,that man could not behold her face, but his heart was fired by unquenchable love;and, as usual, whenever she was seen, she was occupied in combing her long hairof burning gold. According to Lowland mythology, he adds, they are a raceof goddesses, corrupted with earthly passions ; their visits to the world, though fewand far between, are spoken of and remembered with awe ; their affections werebestowed on men of exalted virtue and rare endowment of persons and parts. Theywooed in such a strain of syren eloquence, that all hearts were
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