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... fish ; and had under a fish's head another head , and also feet below , similar to those of a man , subjoined to the fish's tail . His voice , too , and language were articulate and human ; and a repre- sentation of him is preserved to ...
... fish ; and had under a fish's head another head , and also feet below , similar to those of a man , subjoined to the fish's tail . His voice , too , and language were articulate and human ; and a repre- sentation of him is preserved to ...
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... fish ' and the ' Monk - fish ' . Though the bishop - fish was supposed to have been found on the Baltic coast of Poland in 1531 , there seems to be little doubt that he was a cousin of the Triton of Tanagra . These were soon seen to be ...
... fish ' and the ' Monk - fish ' . Though the bishop - fish was supposed to have been found on the Baltic coast of Poland in 1531 , there seems to be little doubt that he was a cousin of the Triton of Tanagra . These were soon seen to be ...
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... fish scales . Kircher said that he had been tempted to dive into the famous whirlpool of Charybdis by Frederick II ( who reigned from 1355 to 1377 ) ; clearly there is some error here . Gervase of Tilbury , writing earlier , reported ...
... fish scales . Kircher said that he had been tempted to dive into the famous whirlpool of Charybdis by Frederick II ( who reigned from 1355 to 1377 ) ; clearly there is some error here . Gervase of Tilbury , writing earlier , reported ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
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