The Magic Zoo: The Natural History of Fabulous Animals |
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... perhaps originally a primitive mountain tribe like their enemies the Lapiths , whom the Greeks set against each other . A frieze showing the Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths decorated the Parthenon in Athens ; what remains of it is ...
... perhaps originally a primitive mountain tribe like their enemies the Lapiths , whom the Greeks set against each other . A frieze showing the Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths decorated the Parthenon in Athens ; what remains of it is ...
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... perhaps it is fabulous ) , the phoenix , the only one in the whole world and hardly ever seen . The story is that it is as big as an eagle , and has a gleam of gold around its neck and all the rest of it is purple , but the tail which ...
... perhaps it is fabulous ) , the phoenix , the only one in the whole world and hardly ever seen . The story is that it is as big as an eagle , and has a gleam of gold around its neck and all the rest of it is purple , but the tail which ...
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... perhaps Henry Bates , who had been his companion , might do . But Bates , by then also a very eminent man , replied that he no longer wasted his time on such matters . Colgan gave up the hunt . What then is the connection between the ...
... perhaps Henry Bates , who had been his companion , might do . But Bates , by then also a very eminent man , replied that he no longer wasted his time on such matters . Colgan gave up the hunt . What then is the connection between the ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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