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monk ; for it had a man's face, rude and ungracious, the head 

 shorn and smooth. On the shoulders, hke 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, 



Fig. 234. — " Le monstre marin en habit de Maine." (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: 



