The Yih King is one of those books specially excepted from the general destruction of the books
The Yih King is one of those books specially excepted from the general destruction of the books
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Ferences to an antiquity which had preceded it--a bygone civilization, perhaps--as follows, in the book called…
ferences to an antiquity which had preceded it--a bygone civilization, perhaps--as follows, in the book called Yih and Ts‘ih.[235] The emperor (Shun, B.C
Read record →Similarly, we find the twelve symbolical animals, representing the twelve branches of the Horary characters…
Similarly, we find the twelve symbolical animals, representing the twelve branches of the Horary characters (dating, see Williams' Dictionary, from B.C
Read record →O doubt that many would be deterred from doing so by an impression that a collection of fabulous stories,…
o doubt that many would be deterred from doing so by an impression that a collection of fabulous stories, treating of supernatural beings and apparently impossible monsters, is unworthy the consideration of mature intellect, and only fit to be relegated to the
Read record →I notice that Retzoch, in his designs to illustrate Schiller's poem, "The Fight with the Dragon," makes the…
I notice that Retzoch, in his designs to illustrate Schiller's poem, "The Fight with the Dragon," makes the monster have only two fore-legs, and this appears to have been a common mediæval conception of it
Read record →The better printed copies of this work are illustrated with a very truculent-looking dragon with outspread wings
The better printed copies of this work are illustrated with a very truculent-looking dragon with outspread wings
Read record →"According to the dictionary of Hü Shăn, the character lung in the antique form of writing represents the shape…
"According to the dictionary of Hü Shăn, the character lung in the antique form of writing represents the shape of the animal
Read record →"The dragon comes from an egg, it being desirable to keep it folded up
"The dragon comes from an egg, it being desirable to keep it folded up
Read record →For seeking dead dragons' graves there is no fixed time
For seeking dead dragons' graves there is no fixed time
Read record →There is but little additional information as to the dragon to be gained from Japan, the traditions relating to…
There is but little additional information as to the dragon to be gained from Japan, the traditions relating to it in that country having been obviously derived from China
Read record →In the summertime many boys go to the pond to swim, but never go out into the middle or far from the shore
In the summertime many boys go to the pond to swim, but never go out into the middle or far from the shore
Read record →"In the Ang-shan mountains, a hundred li from the town of Kuei-hai, there are three wells, of which one is on…
"In the Ang-shan mountains, a hundred li from the town of Kuei-hai, there are three wells, of which one is on the mountain top, in a spot seldom visited
Read record →"In the Northern Sea there was a fish, whose name was kw‘ên
"In the Northern Sea there was a fish, whose name was kw‘ên
Read record →The numerous quotations given in the above pages, or in the Appendix, are merely a selection, and by no means…
The numerous quotations given in the above pages, or in the Appendix, are merely a selection, and by no means profess to be so extensive as they should be were this work a monograph on the dragon alone
Read record →Nally, the narratives of different observers disagree so much in detail that we have a difficulty in…
nally, the narratives of different observers disagree so much in detail that we have a difficulty in reconciling them, except upon the supposition that they relate to several distinct creatures, a supposition which I shall hope to show is not improbable, as we
Read record →"On the island of Lekö I obtained from the son of Peter Greger, the merchant, a young man who employed himself…
"On the island of Lekö I obtained from the son of Peter Greger, the merchant, a young man who employed himself in the fishery, still further information respecting the sea-serpent
Read record →"At Alstahoug I found the Bishop of the Nordlands
"At Alstahoug I found the Bishop of the Nordlands
Read record →"During the time that I remained at Hundholm, a curious circumstance occurred
"During the time that I remained at Hundholm, a curious circumstance occurred
Read record →"Taking upon the whole a fair view of the different accounts related in the foregoing pages respecting the…
"Taking upon the whole a fair view of the different accounts related in the foregoing pages respecting the sea-serpent, no reasonable person can doubt the fact of some marine animal of extraordinary dimensions, and in all probability of the serpent tribe, havi
Read record →"The simple facts are these: In traversing a space of full seven hundred miles of coast, extending to the most…
"The simple facts are these: In traversing a space of full seven hundred miles of coast, extending to the most northern point, accounts have been received from numerous persons respecting the appearance of an animal called by them a sea-serpent
Read record →"Our attention has been drawn to the Zoologist for the past year, wherein are several communications tending to…
"Our attention has been drawn to the Zoologist for the past year, wherein are several communications tending to authenticate the existence of the great sea-serpent
Read record →"The next communication, dated Sund's Parsonage, August 31st, 1846, records the appearance of a supposed…
"The next communication, dated Sund's Parsonage, August 31st, 1846, records the appearance of a supposed sea-serpent, on the 8th, in the course between the islands of Sartor Leer and Tös
Read record →Hey believed to be a strange animal seen off the west coast, Inverness-shire, have published in the Zoologist,…
hey believed to be a strange animal seen off the west coast, Inverness-shire, have published in the Zoologist, a monthly journal of natural history, a careful description of the creature which they saw, and which seems to resemble the engravings of what is cal
Read record →It should be mentioned that when we saw this creature, and made our sketches of it, we had never seen either…
It should be mentioned that when we saw this creature, and made our sketches of it, we had never seen either Pontoppidan's Natural History or his print of the Norwegian sea-serpent, which has a most striking resemblance to the first of our own sketches
Read record →The first that we hear of the appearance of the sea-serpent in American waters is of one which appeared on the…
The first that we hear of the appearance of the sea-serpent in American waters is of one which appeared on the coast of Maine, in Penobscot Bay, at intervals, during the thirty years preceding 1809
Read record →The Zoologist for May 1847 contains an account of a sea-serpent seen in Mahone Bay, about forty miles east of…
The Zoologist for May 1847 contains an account of a sea-serpent seen in Mahone Bay, about forty miles east of Halifax, by five officers of the garrison, when on a fishing excursion:--"We were surprised by the sight of an immense shoal of grampuses, which appea
Read record →SIR,--In reply to your letter of this day's date, requiring information as to the truth of a statement…
SIR,--In reply to your letter of this day's date, requiring information as to the truth of a statement published in the Times newspaper, of a sea-serpent of extraordinary dimensions having been seen from Her Majesty's ship Dædalus, under my command, on her pas
Read record →I see, in your paper of the 30th of December, a paragraph in which a doubt is expressed of the authenticity of…
I see, in your paper of the 30th of December, a paragraph in which a doubt is expressed of the authenticity of the account given by Captain M'Quhœ of the great "sea-serpent." When returning to India, in the year 1829, I was standing on the poop of the Royal Sa
Read record →Again, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Steele, of the Coldstream Guards, wrote to the Zoologist: "I have lately…
Again, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Steele, of the Coldstream Guards, wrote to the Zoologist: "I have lately received the following account from my brother, Captain Steele, 9th Lancers, who, on his way out to India in the Barham, saw the sea-serpent
Read record →While myself and officers were standing on the leeside of the poop, looking towards the island, we were…
While myself and officers were standing on the leeside of the poop, looking towards the island, we were startled by the sight of a huge marine animal, which reared its head out of the water within twenty yards of the ship, when it suddenly disappeared for abou
Read record →A writer in the New York Sun (I have the clipping, but, unfortunately, not the date), discussing the best…
A writer in the New York Sun (I have the clipping, but, unfortunately, not the date), discussing the best authenticated stories, says: "The Lynn sea-serpent appears to be the most authentic, the writer having seen several persons who saw it from the beach, and
Read record →The Australian Sketcher for November 24, 1877, states: "Captain W
The Australian Sketcher for November 24, 1877, states: "Captain W
Read record →Gosse quotes the size of the largest alligator on record as only seventeen feet and a half, whereas the…
Gosse quotes the size of the largest alligator on record as only seventeen feet and a half, whereas the estimated length of the supposed sea-serpent in this instance was from forty to sixty
Read record →In a minute it had advanced to within half-a-mile, and was distinctly recognisable as the "veritable…
In a minute it had advanced to within half-a-mile, and was distinctly recognisable as the "veritable sea-serpent." I shouted out "Sea-serpent!
Read record →Hoar, of the pilot station, Shanghai, China, informed me that he saw a sea-serpent some years previously, when…
Hoar, of the pilot station, Shanghai, China, informed me that he saw a sea-serpent some years previously, when he was stationed at Ningpo, on the China coast-line, a little south of the embouchure of the Yangtse-kiang
Read record →I have little doubt of the identity of the sea-serpent with the sea-dragon of the Chinese
I have little doubt of the identity of the sea-serpent with the sea-dragon of the Chinese
Read record →Butler, of the Presbyterian Mission in Ningpo, informed me that a dragon which threatened boats was supposed by…
Butler, of the Presbyterian Mission in Ningpo, informed me that a dragon which threatened boats was supposed by the Chinese to infest a narrow passage called Quo Mung, outside of Chinaye
Read record →It may be noted that both the Malays and the Chinese attribute the origin of ambergris to either a sea-dragon…
It may be noted that both the Malays and the Chinese attribute the origin of ambergris to either a sea-dragon or a sea-serpent
Read record →Henry Lee, of Land and Water, who in his late work has taken so much trouble to enter into and describe the…
Henry Lee, of Land and Water, who in his late work has taken so much trouble to enter into and describe the habits and peculiarities of the sea-serpent,[269] will be glad to hear that the passengers and officers of the S.S
Read record →Ng on the bridge at the time (about 10 A.M.) with the first and third officers, we were surprised by the…
ng on the bridge at the time (about 10 A.M.) with the first and third officers, we were surprised by the appearance of an extraordinary monster going in our course, and at an equal speed with the vessel, at a distance from us of about six hundred feet
Read record →"It is more than probable that Captain Webster, of the steamer Nestor, will be 'interviewed' very extensively…
"It is more than probable that Captain Webster, of the steamer Nestor, will be 'interviewed' very extensively when he reaches a berth in London Docks
Read record →DEAR SIR,--Like many others, I have been astonished at the dimensions given by you of the sea-serpent
DEAR SIR,--Like many others, I have been astonished at the dimensions given by you of the sea-serpent
Read record →"Thursday, December 10, off Madeira, on board R.M.S
"Thursday, December 10, off Madeira, on board R.M.S
Read record →SIR,--As I am not sure that my statement respecting the sea-serpent reached the Shipping Gazette in London, I…
SIR,--As I am not sure that my statement respecting the sea-serpent reached the Shipping Gazette in London, I enclose a copy that may be interesting to your numerous readers
Read record →To be breakers, as the sea was splashing up fountain-like about them, and the pillar, a pinnacle rock bleached…
to be breakers, as the sea was splashing up fountain-like about them, and the pillar, a pinnacle rock bleached with the sun; but the pillar fell with a splash, and a similar one rose
Read record →"From a statement made by a Kinebeck shipmaster in 1818, and sworn to before a justice of the peace in Kinebeck…
"From a statement made by a Kinebeck shipmaster in 1818, and sworn to before a justice of the peace in Kinebeck county, Maine, it would seem that the notable sea-serpent and whale are sometimes found in conflict
Read record →Before proceeding further I must point out that we may dismiss from our minds the possibility of the so-called…
Before proceeding further I must point out that we may dismiss from our minds the possibility of the so-called sea-serpent being merely a large example of those marine serpents of which several species and numerous individuals are known to exist on the coast o
Read record →"It was a frightful sea-serpent, which we in our great simplicity took for a large lamprey or eel
"It was a frightful sea-serpent, which we in our great simplicity took for a large lamprey or eel
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