The Magic Zoo: The Natural History of Fabulous Animals |
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... eyes , nose , mouth , chin , ears , neck and forehead , it seemed to be beautiful , and in those parts well proportioned having round about the head many blue straks resembling hair , but certainly it was no hair ... [ It swam ] towards ...
... eyes , nose , mouth , chin , ears , neck and forehead , it seemed to be beautiful , and in those parts well proportioned having round about the head many blue straks resembling hair , but certainly it was no hair ... [ It swam ] towards ...
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... eyes about strangely , as if out of curiosity , or sur- prise , to see what they had not seen before . ' People hoped to fore- tell the future by them , but in any case returned them to the sea within a day . It is curious that as the ...
... eyes about strangely , as if out of curiosity , or sur- prise , to see what they had not seen before . ' People hoped to fore- tell the future by them , but in any case returned them to the sea within a day . It is curious that as the ...
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... eye had become atrophied from being squinted up while aiming a bow . Or they could have been miners whose ' eye ' was a lamp on their foreheads . Minns and Hennig thought that the ' griffins ' had been confused with the ' giant ants ...
... eye had become atrophied from being squinted up while aiming a bow . Or they could have been miners whose ' eye ' was a lamp on their foreheads . Minns and Hennig thought that the ' griffins ' had been confused with the ' giant ants ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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