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| Keywords: Curious creatures in zoology (15569457942).jpg 246 CURIOUS CREATURES <br> for their Fat which they have in great plenty and <br> abundance For the Fisher-men purge it by boyling it <br> like flesh on the fire and they sell it to anoint leather <br> or for Oyl to burn in Lamps to continue light when <br> it is perpetual darkness Wherefore the first Monster <br> that comes is of a round form in Norway called Swam- <br> fisck the greatest glutton of all other Sea-Monsters <br> For he is scarce satisfied though he eat continually <br> He is said to have no distinct stomach ; and so what <br> he eats turns into the thickness of his body that he <br> appears nothing else than one Lump of Conjoyned Fat <br> He dilates and extends himself beyond measure and <br> when he can be extended no more he easily casts out <br> fishes by his mouth because he wants a neck as other <br> fishes do His mouth and belly are continued one to <br> the other But this Creature is so thick that when <br> there is danger he can like the Hedg-Hog re-double <br> his flesh fat and skin and contract and cover himself; <br> nor doth he that but to his own loss because fearing <br> Beasts that are his Enemies he will not open himself 23575001 76213 32031 Page 246 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/23575001 1890 10 5962/bhl title 32031 Ashton John Biodiversity Heritage Library Leviathans Curious creatures in zoology; with 130 illus throughout the text Monsters Are Real Animals University of California Libraries archive org bhl page 23575001 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/23575001 bhlMonstersRreal Halloween leviathan 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 N02/15569457942 2015-08-25 20 50 42 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 leviathan Curious creatures in zoology Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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