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CURIOUS CREATURES. 239
fish is like no other, but in something it is like a
Whale. He hath as ugly a head as an Owl : his
mouth is wondrous deep, as a vast pit, whereby he
terrifies and drives away those that look into it. His
Eyes are horrible, his Back Wedge-fashion, or elevated
like a Sword ; his snout is pointed. These often enter
upon the Northern Coasts as Thieves and hurtful Guests,
that are always doing mischief to ships they meet, by
boring holes in them, and sinking them.
" THE SAW FISH.
" The Saw fish is also a beast of the Sea ; the body
is huge great, the head hath a crest, and is hard and
dented like to a Saw. It will swim under ships and
cut them, that the Water may come in, and he may feed
on the men when- the ship is drowned."
THE ORCA
is probably the Thresher whale. Pliny thus describes
it : " The Balaena (whale of some sorf) penetrates to
our seas even. It is said that they are not to be seen

in the ocean of Gades (Bay of Cadiz) before the winter
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Author Ashton, John
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Curious creatures in zoology; with 130 illus. throughout the text.
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23574994
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32031 (Find related Wikimedia Commons images)
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Page 239
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NameFound:Balaena NameConfirmed:Balaena EOLID:42379 NameBankID:3345699 NameFound:Orca NameConfirmed:Orca Gray 1846 EOLID:42365
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https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23574994
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10.5962/bhl.title.32031
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  • Leviathans
  • Curious creatures in zoology; with 130 illus. throughout the text.
  • Monsters Are Real
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19 October 2014
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