MAKE A MEME View Large Image Curious creatures in zoology (14948426513).jpg 224 CURIOUS CREATURES <br> for them by men that the Inhabitants there may make <br> their prey of them or whether they die and consume ; <br> it is certain that they leave such vast bones ...
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Keywords: Curious creatures in zoology (14948426513).jpg 224 CURIOUS CREATURES <br> for them by men that the Inhabitants there may make <br> their prey of them or whether they die and consume ; <br> it is certain that they leave such vast bones behind <br> them that whole Mansion Houses may be made of <br> them for Walls Gates Windows Coverings Seats <br> and for Tables also For these Ribs are 20 30 or <br> more feet in length Moreover the Back-bones and <br> Whirl-bones and the Forked-bones of the vast head <br> are of no small bigness and all these by the industry <br> of Artists are so fitted with Saws and Files that the <br> Carpenter in Wood joyn'd together with Iron can <br> make nothing more compleat <br> When therefore the flesh of this most huge Beast <br> is eat and dissolved onely his bones remain like a great <br> Keel ; and when these are purged by Rain and the <br> Ayr they raise them up like a house by the force of <br> men that are called unto it Then by the industry of <br> the Master Builder Windows being placed on the top <br> of the house or sides of the Whale it is divided into <br> many convenient Habitations; and gates are made of 23574979 76213 32031 Page 224 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574979 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 23574979 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574979 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 N02/14948426513 2015-08-25 20 52 31 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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