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CURIOUS CREATURES. 213
faith, but now the materialism of the present age would
shatter, if it could, our cherished belief in these Marine
eccentricities, and would fain have us to credit that all
those that have been seen, were some of the Phocidae,
such as a " Dugong," or else they would attempt to
persuade us that a beautiful mermaid, with her comb
and looking-glass, was neither more nor less than a repul-
sive-looking " Manatee."
Sir J. Emerson Tennent quotes in his " Natural
History of Ceylon " from the description of one of the
Dutch Colonial Chaplains, named Valentyn, who wrote
an account of the Natural History of Amboyna. He
says that in 1663, a lieutenant in the Dutch army was
with some soldiers on the sea-beach at Amboyna, when
they all saw mermen swimming near the beach. He
described them as having long and flowing hair, of a
colour between grey and green. And he saw them again,
after an interval of six weeks, when he was in company

with some fifty others. He also says that these Marine
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Author Ashton, John
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Curious creatures in zoology; with 130 illus. throughout the text.
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23574968
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76213 (Find related Wikimedia Commons images)
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32031 (Find related Wikimedia Commons images)
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Page 213
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NameFound:Amboyna NameConfirmed:AMBOYNA EOLID:47642 NameBankID:3007268 NameFound:Phocidae NameConfirmed:Phocidae EOLID:7666 NameBankID:2478373
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  • Curious creatures in zoology; with 130 illus. throughout the text.
  • Mermaids
  • Monsters Are Real
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19 October 2014
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