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| Keywords: Curious creatures in zoology (15382587117).jpg CURIOUS CREATURES 221 <br> river that she may so free them from the Land they <br> are fast upon Also she accompanies them long when <br> they are grown up ; but they quickly grow up and <br> increase ten years <br> According to Olaus Magnus there be many kinds <br> of whales Some are hairy and of four Acres in <br> bigness; the Acre is 240 foot long and 120 broad; <br> some are smooth skinned and those are smaller and <br> are taken in the West and Northern Sea ; some have <br> their Jaws long and full of teeth; namely 12 or 14 <br> foot long and the Teeth are 6 8 or 12 foot long But <br> their two Dog teeth or Tushes are longer than the rest <br> underneath like a Horn like the teeth of Bores or <br> Elephants This kind of whale hath a fit mouth to eat <br> and his eyes are so large that fifteen men may sit in <br> the room of each of them and sometimes twenty or <br> more as the beast is in quantity <br> His horns are 6 or 7 foot long and he hath 250 <br> upon each eye as hard as horn that he can stir stiff <br> or gentle either before or behind These grow together <br> to defend his eyes in tempestuous weather or when any 23574976 76213 32031 Page 221 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574976 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 23574976 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574976 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 N02/15382587117 2015-08-25 20 53 25 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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