Singular illusion.
--The Droit relates the discovery of a dead body in the Seine under the following singular circumstances:Two boatmen, who happened to be on the small island in the middle of the Seine, close to the bridge of Asnieres, were struck with amazement on seeing a man at the bottom of the river standing erect, with a stick in his hand as if walking. There was not a breath of air stirring, and the water was so limpid that they could distinguish the man's features and dress. Though both of them had often drawn dead bodies from the river, they were so astonished by this strange appearance that they hesitated to approach it. On entering the water, however, and getting nearer, they found that the erect position of the body was an optical illusion, for the man really lay quite fist on the bottom.
