The Magic Zoo: The Natural History of Fabulous Animals |
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... once thought fabulous because of the complete extinction of their race ; but a learned anatomist [ Cuvier ] knew how to exhume and reconstruct their real skeletons , thus de- monstrating to tradition and to science what the imagination ...
... once thought fabulous because of the complete extinction of their race ; but a learned anatomist [ Cuvier ] knew how to exhume and reconstruct their real skeletons , thus de- monstrating to tradition and to science what the imagination ...
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... once to his old home , where his mother and brothers welcomed him with delight . ' But he showed no sign of affection or recollection , staring at them with chill fishy eyes , and receiving their embraces with cold indiffer- ence ...
... once to his old home , where his mother and brothers welcomed him with delight . ' But he showed no sign of affection or recollection , staring at them with chill fishy eyes , and receiving their embraces with cold indiffer- ence ...
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... once every seven years and was ' like a cashk rowlin ' about in the wather ' . His wife added that she had always thought that it was a fish , and it was connected in her mind with the pearls which some fishermen had taken from the lake ...
... once every seven years and was ' like a cashk rowlin ' about in the wather ' . His wife added that she had always thought that it was a fish , and it was connected in her mind with the pearls which some fishermen had taken from the lake ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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