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spake with the Person that is the author, and that took the fish (it 
is this). One Mr. James Steward whom I know and Alderman 
Ashurst I think knows, was a trader of a long standing, travelling 
on the Sea-side at a place in the west of Ireland called Dingle-I- 
cosh, where there is a great fishing for Pilchers, saw a great fish 
come swimming on the top of the water, towards the shore, at last 
it came quite to Land, he marked it and made towards it, and laid 
hold on the horns of it, and the Crowns on the Horns, had like to 
have taken off his fingers; it had two Heads, one great one, and a 
small one coming out of that, the small one had two tongues, and 
was like the head of an Eagle; on the great head stood ten horns, 
two were nine and eleven foot apiece, others which were wreathed, 
four of them about each great horn; the wreathed horns were full 
of Crowns; many hundreds of them, about the bigness of a cloak 
button, and like teeth under the Crownes. The bigness of the 
Monster, was as big as a horse; he hath brought to town two of 
the wreathed horns and the small head, and the rest are coming 
up, and will be here the next week, and exposed to view. 
“ This Relation the man himself, who is a sober Person told to a 
very good man, from whom | have it, and who saw the picture of 
it, which picture he hath brought to Dublin, but the shape of the 
great head this person cannot tell me. This story for the unusual- 
ness of it, I take notice of, and seems to be worth writing, if when 
it appears it answer the relation, which I have also sent to Alder- 
man Ashurst, 
“T rest your very loving friend, 
Tuomas Hooke. 
“ Dublin, Dec. 18, 1673.” 
Letter No. 2, from Thomas Hooke (Dublin) to Mr. John 
Wickins (London). December 23, 1673— 
“ Loving Friend, I send you this onely pursuant to my former of 
the Fish, which I now confirm to be as I gave you the first Account 
with this addition of certainty, that knowing the man by name 
James Steward, and hearing two or three nights since of his being 
at a Printers neer our house to get the Lord Lieutenants Order 
Printed, which he gave him for exposing what he hath of the fish 
to view, I sent, desiring to speak with him, and he came, having 
then the Picture with him of the Fish, and he gave me himself the 
full account of it, viz. 
