The feejee mermaid and other essays in natural and unnatural history
Jan Bondeson (Author)
Bondeson investigates basilisks, vegetable lambs, intelligent pigs and other oddities
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xi, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780801436093, 9780801479472, 0801436095, 0801479479
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The dancing horse; lament of the learned pig; the Feejee Mermaid; obituary of an elephant; Jumbo, king of elephants; animals on trial; the riddle of the basilisk; spontaneous generation; odd showers; toad in the hole.