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| Keywords: Curious creatures in zoology (15382478398).jpg CURIOUS CREATURES 255 <br> THE DOG-FISH AND RAY <br> Olaus Magnus writes of The cruelty of some Fish <br> and the kindness of others There is a fish of the kind <br> of Sea-Dogfish called Boloma in Italian and in Norway <br> Haafisck that will set upon a man swimming in the <br> Salt- Waters so greedily in Troops unawares that he <br> will sink a man to the bottome not only by his biting <br> but also by his weight ; and he will eat his more tender <br> parts as his nostrils fingers c until such time as the <br> Ray come to revenge these injuries ; which runs thorow <br> the Waters armed with her natural fins and with some <br> violence drives away these fish that set upon the drown'd <br> man and doth what he can to urge him to swim out <br> And he also keeps the man until such time as his spirit <br> being quite gone ; and after some days as the Sea <br> naturally purgeth itself he is cast up This miserable <br> spectacle is seen on the Coasts of Norway when men <br> go to wash themselves namely strangers and Marriners <br> that are ignorant of the dangers leap out of their ships <br> into the sea For these Dogfish or Boloma lie hid <br> under the ships riding at Anchor as Water Rams that <br> they may catch men their malicious natures stirring <br> them to it 23575010 76213 32031 Page 255 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/23575010 1890 10 5962/bhl title 32031 Ashton John NameFound Magnus Biodiversity Heritage Library Curious creatures in zoology; with 130 illus throughout the text Sea Serpents Monsters Are Real Animals University of California Libraries archive org bhl page 23575010 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/23575010 bhlMonstersRreal Halloween sea serpent university of california libraries archive org bhlmonstersrreal Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-10-19 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/15382478398 2015-08-25 20 56 37 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 sea serpent Curious creatures in zoology Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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