The Magic Zoo: The Natural History of Fabulous Animals |
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... familiar creatures and the weird wonders travellers met in India and Africa . Aristotle had little time for mere travellers ' tales , such as those which delighted Herodotus and Ctesias . The Roman writer Pliny the Elder was more ...
... familiar creatures and the weird wonders travellers met in India and Africa . Aristotle had little time for mere travellers ' tales , such as those which delighted Herodotus and Ctesias . The Roman writer Pliny the Elder was more ...
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... may explain the classical references familiar in European literature , but they do not very easily explain these Chinese legends . The search for the giant ants continues . CHAPTER TWELVE THE UNICORN The unicorn is among the most 93.
... may explain the classical references familiar in European literature , but they do not very easily explain these Chinese legends . The search for the giant ants continues . CHAPTER TWELVE THE UNICORN The unicorn is among the most 93.
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... familiar with Libya , was impressed by the verisimilitude of this story . ' Such a version , to anyone familiar with the typical Roman fort or township or forti- fied farm in the Jebel Akbar part of Cyrenaica , with well and cisterns ...
... familiar with Libya , was impressed by the verisimilitude of this story . ' Such a version , to anyone familiar with the typical Roman fort or township or forti- fied farm in the Jebel Akbar part of Cyrenaica , with well and cisterns ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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