150 The Mythology of Fishes 
monk; for it had a man’s face, rude and ungracious, the head 
shorn and smooth. On the shoulders, like the cloak of a monk, 
were two long fins instead of arms, and the end of the body was 
finished by a long tail. The picture I present was given me by 
the very illustrious lady, Margaret de Valois, Queen of Navarre, 
Fie. 110.—“ Le monstre marin en habit de Moine.” (After Rondelet.) 
who received it from a gentleman who gave a similar one to 
the emperor, Charles V., then in Spain. This gentleman said 
that he had seen the monster as the portrait shows it in Nor- 
way, thrown by the waves and tempests on the beach at a place 
called Dieze, near the town called Denelopoch. I have seen a 
similar picture at Rome not differing in mien. Among the sea- 
beasts, Pliny mentions a sea-mare and a Triton as among the 
creatures not imaginary. Pausanias also mentions a Triton.” 
Rondelet further says: 
