The Magic Zoo: The Natural History of Fabulous Animals |
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... farmers animals were of two kinds ; those they reared and those they feared : the cattle , sheep and goats ; the lions , wolves and vermin which preyed upon them and the farmers ' crops . In the Epic of Gilgamesh , a Babylonian poem of ...
... farmers animals were of two kinds ; those they reared and those they feared : the cattle , sheep and goats ; the lions , wolves and vermin which preyed upon them and the farmers ' crops . In the Epic of Gilgamesh , a Babylonian poem of ...
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... farmer named John M'Isaac and Katherine Loynachan , then a young girl , swore affidavits before the Sheriff- substitute concerning a mermaid they had seen . And in 1814 , two fishermen saw a merman and what might have been his mate in ...
... farmer named John M'Isaac and Katherine Loynachan , then a young girl , swore affidavits before the Sheriff- substitute concerning a mermaid they had seen . And in 1814 , two fishermen saw a merman and what might have been his mate in ...
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... farmers from Ashdee in County Kerry claimed they had seen a mermaid . They were certain it was not a seal . And in 1967 , there were other reports from Victoria in British Columbia , and from South Borneo . So the old legend is far from ...
... farmers from Ashdee in County Kerry claimed they had seen a mermaid . They were certain it was not a seal . And in 1967 , there were other reports from Victoria in British Columbia , and from South Borneo . So the old legend is far from ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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