Alexander, of Alexandria, and above fifty other historians, have written
an account of a man named Collas, whom they call the Fish Collas; this
man had accustomed himself from his infancy to the frequenting of the
sea, till at last he became an inhabitant thereof; and dwelt there with
such obstinate delight, that he would not be persuaded from it; so that
at length he became viscous and waterish, and continued in the sea the
greatest part of his life; being sometimes hidden betwixt two waves like
a fish, so that he could not be seen for five or six hours together, and
would seldom come out in less than eight or ten days; but when he saw a
ship he would sometimes go aboard, and live with the mariners for some
time; and when tired he would throw himself overboard into the sea and
be gone. He said that when he was on shore, he used to be troubled with
a pain in his stomach, which he had not when in the water.
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_For the +New-York Weekly Magazine+._
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