THE ZooLocist—Juty, 1875. 4529 
“That in the month of October last, I think about the 15th day 
he was alone riding by the sea-side, at Dingle-I-cosh and saw a 
great thing in the Sea, which drew his eye towards it, and it came 
just to him; when he discerned the horns it began to look fright- 
fully, he said he was sometimes afraid to look on it, and when he 
durst look on it, it was the most splended sight that ever he saw; 
The Horns were so bespangled with those Crowns, as he calls 
them; they shewed he saith like Pearls or precious Stones; the 
Horns it could move and weild about the Head asa Snail doth, 
all the ten; the two long ones it mostly bore forwards, the other 
eight mov’d too and fro every way; When it came to shore its 
fore parts rested on the shore, and there lay; He got help after 
awhile, and when he saw it stirred not to fright them, he got ropes 
and put them about the hinder parts, and began to draw it on 
shore, and saw it stir’d not to hurt them, they grew bold, and went 
to pull with their hands on the Horns, but these Crowns so bit them, 
that they were forced to quit their hold: the crowns had teeth 
under every one of them, and had a power to fasten on anything 
that touched them; they moved the Horns with handspikes, and 
so being evening they left it on the shore, and came in the morning 
and found it dead. The two long Horns are about one 11 foot, 
the other 9; the other 8 Horns, about 6 and 8 foot long a peice, 
. and as thick as a man’s arm every one of them. He hath brought 
up to Dublin but two short Horns of the Crowned ones, and the 
little Head, being not able to bring the rest the way is so long. 
“The certainty is attested by many at the place, and is no 
doubt a very certain truth, the mantle was all red on the out-side, 
which for the colour sake he kept a peice of it, it was five inches 
thick, and white under; when they cut the Fish it had not a drop 
of blood, nor scale, nor fin, my man took a draught of the Picture 
which I have here enclosed, he said it was as big as any horse as 
ever he saw, it had no leggs. 
“ Your loving friend, THomas Hooks.” 
Letter No. 8 from Thomas Clear to his son, dated Drangon, 
neer Clonmell, December 19, 1673. 
“Dear Son, 
“TI did the last week write to you, which I hope you have 
received, to which I refer you. This inclosed paper is a form of 
a strange and monstrous Fish, that was cast on shore in the County 
