Keywords: Curious creatures in zoology (15382957620).jpg CURIOUS CREATURES 215 <br> long Horns round about like a tree rooted up by the <br> roots they are ten or twelve Cubits long very black <br> and with huge eyes the Compass whereof i e of the fish <br> is above eight or ten Cubits the apple of the eye is of <br> one Cubit and is red and fiery coloured which in the <br> dark night appears to Fisher-men afar off under Waters <br> as a burning Fire having hairs like Goose- Feathers thick <br> and long like a beard hanging down ; the rest of the <br> body for the greatness of the head which is square <br> is very small not being above fourteen or fifteen cubits <br> long ; one of these Sea Monsters will drown easily many <br> great ships provided with many strong Marriners <br> He also speaks of a Cetacean called a Physeter <br> The Whirlpool or Prister is of the kind of Whales two <br> hundred Cubits long and is very cruel For to the <br> danger of Sea men he will sometimes raise himself <br> beyond the Sail yards and cast such floods of Waters <br> above his head which he had sucked in that with a <br> cloud of them he will often sink the strongest ships or <br> expose the Marriners to extream danger This Beast <br> hath also a long and large round mouth like a Lamprey <br> whereby he sucks in his meat or water and by his 23574970 76213 32031 Page 215 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574970 1890 10 5962/bhl title 32031 Ashton John NameFound Physeter NameConfirmed Physeter EOLID 328547 NameBankID 2478572 NameFound Prister NameConfirmed Prister NameBankID 4309449 Biodiversity Heritage Library Curious creatures in zoology; with 130 illus throughout the text Squid Octopi Monsters Are Real Animals University of California Libraries archive org bhl page 23574970 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574970 bhlMonstersRreal Halloween kraken 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 N02/15382957620 2015-08-25 20 57 02 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Curious creatures in zoology Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |