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... mentioned by Pliny could have been the horn picks with which the Tibetan gold - miners still worked in his day . The skins seen by Nearchus , and the ' ants ' kept at the Persian king's palace , and those sent to Soliman , might well ...
... mentioned by Pliny could have been the horn picks with which the Tibetan gold - miners still worked in his day . The skins seen by Nearchus , and the ' ants ' kept at the Persian king's palace , and those sent to Soliman , might well ...
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... mentioned earlier in the chapter on the griffin : they are Ch'u Tz and Shan Hai Ching , which include magical material from the Yangtze Valley . A poem from the first of these , Chao Hun , dates from about the third century BC . Oh soul ...
... mentioned earlier in the chapter on the griffin : they are Ch'u Tz and Shan Hai Ching , which include magical material from the Yangtze Valley . A poem from the first of these , Chao Hun , dates from about the third century BC . Oh soul ...
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... mentioning one in his account of that country in 1845 . The English explorer William Baikie heard rumours of the ... mentioned the unicorn . I cross questioned them thoroughly , but they persisted in describing a one - horned animal ...
... mentioning one in his account of that country in 1845 . The English explorer William Baikie heard rumours of the ... mentioned the unicorn . I cross questioned them thoroughly , but they persisted in describing a one - horned animal ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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