The Magic Zoo: The Natural History of Fabulous Animals |
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... century whose extra- ordinary swimming abilities earned him the nickname of Nicolas the Fish . He must have been very famous in his day , as many authors of the later Middle Ages speak of him . Walter Mapes , an Englishman who lived in ...
... century whose extra- ordinary swimming abilities earned him the nickname of Nicolas the Fish . He must have been very famous in his day , as many authors of the later Middle Ages speak of him . Walter Mapes , an Englishman who lived in ...
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... century palace wall . Griffins are also found on Assyrian carvings during the following centuries . In the eighth century BC they are found on cast bronzes and westward through Anatolia into Greece . During the next two cen- turies the ...
... century palace wall . Griffins are also found on Assyrian carvings during the following centuries . In the eighth century BC they are found on cast bronzes and westward through Anatolia into Greece . During the next two cen- turies the ...
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... century the French traveller Le Vaillant described how the Kaffirs manipulate the horns of their cattle into all kinds of curious shapes , making some of them into unicorns . This is also done by tribes along the White Nile to the north ...
... century the French traveller Le Vaillant described how the Kaffirs manipulate the horns of their cattle into all kinds of curious shapes , making some of them into unicorns . This is also done by tribes along the White Nile to the north ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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