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There isa wood cul representing these girls as joined at the forehead, 

 and looking into each other's eyes. 



A representation of the manner of coining money in vogue at that time, 

 is found ut page 692, and at page 70:5, men and women are represented 



bathing together, entirely nude, in one of the mineral bath resorts. The 

 Vehm Gericht is described on page 748, the animals of Prussia at 784, and 

 the martyrdom of John and Ilieronymus Buss a! page 801. 



At page 820 is an engraving which recurs very frequently throughout 

 the book. The subject is, "A great contention between two kings." Two 

 men in regal paraphernalia are represented as hauling and mauling and 

 pulling and tugging at each other, in a tremendous state of excitement, 

 clutching at each other's beards and hair and garments. This pro'oably 

 conveyed to the readers, better than the mere force of words, the close and 

 violent nature of a combat between sovereigns. 



On page 832 is a description of Norway, and of the monsters that abound 

 therein. Among these the whale stands pre-eminent with a head shaped 

 somewhat like that of a dog, with huge projecting tusks like those of a 

 boar, and is shown in the act of swallowing a man, who is all out of sight 

 except his head and arms. His comrade, more fortunate, appears on the 

 mainland, naked and in full flight. A vessel is being sucked down into a 

 whirlpool, of which the text states that there are many on the Norwegian 

 coast. The ocean is seen swarming with fishes, and a man is portrayed fol- 

 lowing the sport of angling with a bait that resembles a bundle of hay. 



The Lord's Prayer in the language of the Lapps and Finns is given at 

 page 847, and on the same page a description of Iceland occurs, with a 

 representation of Mount Hecla in full eruption. 



A short description is given of Greenland, at page 850, as follows : 



" GrOn land means Green Land (viv ens terra), so called on account of theluxuri- 

 ant herbage found there. Of which, as well as of cattle, there is exceeding abun- 

 dance, as may be seen from the reports brought back by those who have voyaged 

 thither that they make great amounts of butter and cheese, from which we may 

 conjecture that that country is not rough with mountains. It contains two Bish- 

 oprics, whose Bishops are ordained bj the A.rchbishop of Nidross. The people, 

 through the negligence of their spiritual pastors, have almost relapsed into hea- 

 thenism, being of fickle disposition, and greatly given to magic arts. By means of 

 incantations and spells, they are reputed to be able to raise, at will tempestuous 

 storms, and to cause the shipwreck of foreign vessels whose remains t hey de- 

 sire to plunder. Their own vessels being of skins, and very light, are quite safe 

 from collisions against their rocks." 



An odd two-page illustration occurs at page 852 of the monsters which 

 are to be found in the Northern Regions. So laughably absurd, so ridicu- 

 lous and so diverse in their representations that no pen could ever attempt 

 to describe them with the slightest approach to justice. On examining 

 them one feels tempted u, exclaim with Bottom, when he awoke from Ins 

 asinine hallucination, " The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man 

 h'ath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor 

 his heart to report " what these remarkable figures were intended to con- 

 vey. 



