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| Keywords: Curious creatures in zoology (14947834724).jpg 212 CURIOUS CREATURES <br> the night he would climb up into ships ; upon which the <br> side of the vessel where he seated himself would in- <br> stantly sink downward and if he remained there any <br> considerable time even go under water <br> jElian tells us that it is reported that the great sea <br> which surrounds the Island of Taprobana Ceylon con- <br> tains an immense multitude of fishes and whales and <br> some of them have the heads of lions panthers rams <br> and other animals ; and which is more wonderful still <br> some of the Cetaceans have the form of Satyrs <br> Gesner obligingly depicts this Pan Sea Satyr Ichthyo <br> centaurus or Sea Demon as he is indifferently called and <br> wants to pass it off as a veritable Merman probably on <br> account of its human-like trunk He also quotes /Elian <br> as to the authenticity of this monster and he gives a <br> picture of another Man-fish which he says was seen at <br> Rome on the third of November 1523 Its size was <br> that of a boy about five years of age See next page <br> Mermen and Mermaids do not seem to affect any par- <br> ticular district they were met with all over the world <br> and records of their having been seen come to us from <br> all parts That was well and occurred in the ages of 23574967 76213 32031 Page 212 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574967 1890 10 5962/bhl title 32031 Ashton John Biodiversity Heritage Library Curious creatures in zoology; with 130 illus throughout the text Mermaids Monsters Are Real Animals University of California Libraries archive org bhl page 23574967 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574967 bhlMonstersRreal Halloween mermaid 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 N02/14947834724 2015-08-25 20 54 01 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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