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... Lamb , adding that Friar Odoric saw the creature him- self , and described it as being ' as white as snow ' . But this passage has not been traced in any edition of Odoric . In turn Juan Euse- bio Nieremberg , writing in 1605 , copies ...
... Lamb , adding that Friar Odoric saw the creature him- self , and described it as being ' as white as snow ' . But this passage has not been traced in any edition of Odoric . In turn Juan Euse- bio Nieremberg , writing in 1605 , copies ...
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... lamb was done , the finer the fetal wool . The pelt is so thin that it is scarcely heavier than a membrane , and when dry loses the shape of a lamb and assumes that of a round gourd . This object might well be palmed off on naïve ...
... lamb was done , the finer the fetal wool . The pelt is so thin that it is scarcely heavier than a membrane , and when dry loses the shape of a lamb and assumes that of a round gourd . This object might well be palmed off on naïve ...
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... lamb , the roots or climbing parts being made to resemble the body , and the extant foot - stalks the legs . A ... Lamb , or Borametz - most of them fabulously . Ours is not a fruit , but a root , which is easily shaped by the help of a ...
... lamb , the roots or climbing parts being made to resemble the body , and the extant foot - stalks the legs . A ... Lamb , or Borametz - most of them fabulously . Ours is not a fruit , but a root , which is easily shaped by the help of a ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
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