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COUNTRY NEWS.
By Electric TkleArath.
from our own correspondents.
DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER BODY.
x CAPE OTWAY, SKPT. 26.
Messrs. P. H. Fisher, E. R. Kelsall and
J. E. Kelsall found tho body of a man tliis
afternoon jammed between tho rocks on Seal
Point, between hero and Point Franklin, in
perfect preservation, excepting the features.
which arc not recognisable. The body is tnat
of a man apparently young, about feet
eight inches ; hair all gone from head. Tat
tooed as follows On inside of left arm a
woman's head, and neck encircled in wreath
about fonr inches alx>vo tho wrist. Size of
wreath about the circumference of a crown-
piece ; F. G. S. B. across the back of left
hand ; on back of right hand is an anchor,
with small cross beside it. The body has
been removed, wrapped in part of an old sail,
and carried up the cliffs. To-morrow tho
body will be conveyed to tho telegraph station
pending instructions as to burial.
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