194 EARLY ANNALS OF ORNITHOLOGY 
the “Poly-Olbion”’ (1613-22) there is something which calls 
for remark in connection with the Solan Goose. This is a map 
of Devonshire, quaintly embellished with symbolical figures, 
of which one is the Nymph of Lundy standing between 
Neptune and Amphitrite, with a Gannet on her head and two 
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Gower 2 
(pramont ory 
Conies at her feet. The accompanying poem to these appro- 
priate symbols runs as follows :— 
“This Lundy is a nymph to idle toys inclin’d, 
And all on pleasure set, doth wholly give her mind 
To see upon her. shore her fowl and conies feed, 
And wantonly to hatch the birds of Ganymede.” 
The idea, which is rather fanciful, is supposed to have 
been derived by the poet from the translator of De la More’s 
