MAKE A MEME View Large Image Curious creatures in zoology (14947846874).jpg 222 <br> CURIOUS CREATURES <br> other Beast that is his enemy sets upon him ; nor is it <br> a wonder that he hath so many Horns though they be <br> very troublesome to him ; when as between ...
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Keywords: Curious creatures in zoology (14947846874).jpg 222 <br> CURIOUS CREATURES <br> other Beast that is his enemy sets upon him ; nor is it <br> a wonder that he hath so many Horns though they be <br> very troublesome to him ; when as between his eyes <br> the space of his forehead is 15 or 20 foot <br> The Spermaceti whale Physeter macrocephalus is the <br> subject of a curious story according to Olaus Magnus <br> He declares Ambergris is the sperm of the male Whale <br> which is not received by the female It is scattered <br> wide on the sea in divers figures of a blew colour but <br> more tending to white ; and these are glew'd together ; <br> and this is carefully collected by Marriners as I observed <br> when in my Navigation I saw it scattered here and there <br> This they sell to Physitians to purge it ; and when it is <br> purged they call it Amber-grcese and they use it against <br> the Dropsie and Palsie as a principal and most pretious <br> unguent It is white ; and if it be found that is of the <br> colour of Gyp it is the better It is sophisticated with <br> the powder of Lignum Aloes Styrax Musk and some 23574977 76213 32031 Page 222 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574977 1890 10 5962/bhl title 32031 Ashton John NameFound Lignum NameConfirmed Lignum NameBankID 10125911 NameFound Magnus NameFound Physeter macrocephalus NameConfirmed Physeter macrocephalus EOLID 328547 NameBankID 1761360 NameFound Physeter macrocephalus NameConfirmed Physeter macrocephalus EOLID 328547 NameBankID 2484077 NameFound Styrax NameConfirmed Styrax L EOLID 38079 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 23574977 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574977 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 N02/14947846874 2015-08-25 20 52 37 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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