The Magic Zoo: The Natural History of Fabulous Animals |
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... imagination . Once they haunted the empty spaces of the world . But as the world grows smaller , and the last realms of mystery and romance are opened up for development , they have found their final refuge in the human imagination ...
... imagination . Once they haunted the empty spaces of the world . But as the world grows smaller , and the last realms of mystery and romance are opened up for development , they have found their final refuge in the human imagination ...
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... imagination and not a real animal . Some thought otherwise . Pausanias commented that the manti- cora was the Indian tiger . “ The false reports were circulated by the Indians owing to their excessive fear of the beast . ' Colonel Jim ...
... imagination and not a real animal . Some thought otherwise . Pausanias commented that the manti- cora was the Indian tiger . “ The false reports were circulated by the Indians owing to their excessive fear of the beast . ' Colonel Jim ...
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... imagination . The unicorn had be- come by then a perfect creature , so plausible that it was hard to imagine that it did not exist . " They always left some space ' : nowadays we have crowded out these creatures of the mind , and ...
... imagination . The unicorn had be- come by then a perfect creature , so plausible that it was hard to imagine that it did not exist . " They always left some space ' : nowadays we have crowded out these creatures of the mind , and ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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