The Magic Zoo: The Natural History of Fabulous Animals |
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... body , and the way in which the body - hair tracts flow back along the body from the crown . These tracts run in fig . 1 Evidence of man's aquatic past : hair tracts on the human foetus ( from F. W. Jones , Man's Place Among the Mammals ) ...
... body , and the way in which the body - hair tracts flow back along the body from the crown . These tracts run in fig . 1 Evidence of man's aquatic past : hair tracts on the human foetus ( from F. W. Jones , Man's Place Among the Mammals ) ...
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... body . We therefore doubt the truth of this legend in the absence of corroborating evidence . In our opinion this superstition arose from the fact the barnacle goose breed in such remote latitudes that men , in ignorance of their real ...
... body . We therefore doubt the truth of this legend in the absence of corroborating evidence . In our opinion this superstition arose from the fact the barnacle goose breed in such remote latitudes that men , in ignorance of their real ...
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... body of a camel and the head of an ass . The bagwyn , which appeared only about 1540 , had the tail of a horse and the backward - curving horns of a goat . The falcon - fish , which was half - bird , half - fish , had dog's ears . The ...
... body of a camel and the head of an ass . The bagwyn , which appeared only about 1540 , had the tail of a horse and the backward - curving horns of a goat . The falcon - fish , which was half - bird , half - fish , had dog's ears . The ...
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Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
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