The Alleged Saurian Monster.
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. Auckland, .This day.
The Herald continues to publish alarming reports of the alleged monstrous,, saurian reported to have been seen in a creek near Hamilton. In its issue this morning it states, on the authority of one of the masters of the' Auckland Grammar School, that the creature is something like a sett'serpent. It has been seen- swimming up the Waikato river, lashing the water with its tail, which seemed to furnish locomotive and guiding power. The natives allege that it is " Tatiwha, 1' but the Herald inclines to the belief that it is an alligator. Two tourists, it appears, saw the water monster with a head like an alligator in ; the Waikato river, near: Mercer, a fortnight ago, and a year ago, near the same spot a native girl was found dead in a stream in that vicinity with the flesh stripped from one arm. The general opinion is that it is " Taniwha," while some are inclined to the belief that it is a myth. , _^
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Thames Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 5520, 5 October 1886, Page 2
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