GRIFFINS AND UNICOBNS 11 



beasts,' says the chronicler, ' poison it after the going 

 down of the sun; but in the morning, after the powers of 

 darkness have disappeared, the unicorn comes from the 

 sea and dips its horn into the stream, and thereby dis- 

 pels the poison, so that the other animals can drink of 

 it during the day.' A few unicorns would be very useful 

 on the banks of the rivers which water our manufactur- 

 ing towns nowadays. 



