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SEA FABLES EXPLAINED. 



FIG. 24.— THE PHYSETER INUNDATING A SHIP. Afie>- OlaUS MagllUS. 



These old pictures appear, no doubt, ridiculous, but they 

 are, really, very little more absurd and untrue to nature 

 than many of those which disfigure some otherwise useful 

 books on Natural History of the present day. I could 



FIG. 25.— A WHALE POURING WATER INTO A SHIP FROM ITS BLOW-HOLE. 



Aftej- Olaus Magnus. 



