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| Keywords: Curious creatures in zoology (15544920976).jpg CURIOUS CREATURES 249 <br> Sir John Mandeville speaking of the kingdom of Talo- <br> nach says And that land hath a marvayle that is <br> in no other land for all maner of fyshes of the sea <br> cometh there once a yeare one after the other and <br> lyeth him neere the lande sometime on the lande and <br> so lye three dayes and men of that lande come thither <br> and take of them what he will and then goe these <br> fyshes awaye and another sort commeth and lyeth also <br> three dayes and men take of them and do thus all <br> maner of fyshes tyll all have bene there and menne <br> have taken what they wyll And men wot not the <br> cause why it is so But they of that Countrey saye <br> that those fyshes come so thyther to do worship to <br> theyr king for they say he is the most worthiest king <br> of the worlde for he hath so many wives and geateth <br> so many children of them See next page <br> I know of no other fish of such an accommodating <br> nature except it be those of whom Ser Marco Polo <br> speaks when writing of Armenia There is in this <br> Country a certain Convent of Nuns called St Leonard's 23575004 76213 32031 Page 249 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/23575004 1890 10 5962/bhl title 32031 Ashton John Biodiversity Heritage Library Curious creatures in zoology; with 130 illus throughout the text Monsters Are Real Animals University of California Libraries archive org bhl page 23575004 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/23575004 bhlMonstersRreal Halloween university of california libraries archive org bhlmonstersrreal Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-10-19 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/15544920976 2015-08-25 20 51 45 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Curious creatures in zoology Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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