Sea Monsters Unmasked, and Sea Fables Explained
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Sea Monsters Unmasked, and Sea Fables Explained is by Henry Lee. The preface says its writer is commencing a little history of two sea monsters. An account says that in the year 1680 a Krake (perhaps a young and foolish one) came into the water that runs between the rocks and cliffs in the parish of Alstaboug.
The text says that Megasthenes reported that the sea which surrounded Taprobana, the ancient Ceylon, was inhabited by creatures having the appearance of women. The text adds that Ælian stated that there were "whales," or "great fishes," having the form of satyrs. The text describes the figure-head of a ship, partly covered with barnacles, which was picked up about thirty miles off Lowestoft on the 22nd of October, 1857.
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- Henry Lee
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- 122
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- English
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