FEEJEE MERMAID

FEEJEE MERMAID
"In 1882, a dried mermaid was exhibited at the Turf coffeehouse in London"

"All these were manufactured in the same way as the Feejee Mermaid: the upper body of a monkey had been skillfully joined to the hind part of a large fish, usually a hake, salmon or carp."

Jan Bondeson, The Feejee Mermaid and Other Essays