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...same time, a Lutheran cleric and amateurnaturalist named John Bachman targeted the mermaidand denounced it as a fraud as part of his attackagainst Nott. Backed by other naturalists, heargued that the mermaid was simply the body of amonkey sewn to a fish, and that it wasanatomically inaccurate. The mermaid, encased inglass, was not allowed to be examined, sobelievers in the mermaid accused the naturalistsof taking authority in a matter which they hadnever submitted to scientific examination. Themermaid, or rather Barnum's business, suffered agreat deal during this time, and Barnum wiselydecided to bring the mermaid back to New York...
After contemplating a law-suit against Bachman,Barnum instead decided to bring the Mermaid backfor one last exhibit. He used the controversy tohis advantage and prepared the followingcleverly-worded advertisement...
Barnum did not, in fact, bring the Mermaid backout on exhibit, but rather handed it over toKimball. He was on to better, if not bigger,things with his discovery of a certain two-foot,five-year old...General...
...MERMAID MATRICULATES. OR DOES...
...feejee' mermaid stayed in the BostonMuseum for the next 40 years. In 1897 it wasdonated...