Curious Creatures in Zoology - J. Ashton (Arment Biological Press, 2000) [Original Date Publication 1890]

Index ABAMIRON, country of men with legs Artemidorus reversed Asbestos. See Salamander. Astomi, a people with no mouths, and Acanthis, the Accursius who subsist by smell Achillium. See Sponges Ass, the Ædonaus Ass, the Indian Ægipanae, a name for Satyrs Ass, the wild Ægithus, the Atergatis Ægopithecus, the Athenaeus Ælianus Ausonius Æsalon, the Avicen Æsculapius Ætolia B. Agatharcides BABOONS Ainos, the, a hairy people of Japan Bacchantes Albertus Bacchae, a name for Satyrs Albinos Baffin Alciatus Balaena, the Aldrovandus Barnacle Goose, the Alexander Bartlemew de Glanville Alumnus Basilisk Amahut, a tree Batrachites. See The Toad. Amazons, their fate after their defeat by Bear, the Bear-Ape. See Arctopithecus the Greeks, Sir John Mandeville’s Bee, the account of them, called Medusae Beeton Ambergris Bekenhawh Anclorus, the Bellonius, Petrus Andrew, an Italian Berosus Androgyni, tribe of Bevis of Hampton Animal lore Bird, Miss Ant, the Birds, peculiarities of Antacaei (whales without spinal bones) Bishop-fish, the Antelope, the Boar, the wild Anthropophagi Boas, the Anthus, the Bolindinata. See Bird of Paradise. Anu Boloma, the. See Dogfish. Apes Bonosa, the Apocynon. See The Toad Boeothius Apollonides Borometz, the. See Lamb Tree. Apollonius Boscawen, W. St. Chad Archelaüs Brazavolus Archigene Bugil, the Arctopithecus, the, or Bear-Ape Bull, the, and Bears, and Wolves Arimaspi Bustard, the Aristotle

C. Conger Eel, the CADAMUSTUS, ALOISIUS Corocotta, the Cadmus Couret, M. de Caesar, Julius Crab, the Calf and Wolves Crane, the Calingae, a tribe of India whose women Crannoges Crates of Pergamus conceive at the age of five years and Crawford, John die at eight Cray-fish Callimachus Cristotinius. See Lamia. Calliphanes Crocodile, the Cambden, Mr. Crocotta, the Camden Cronos, or Hea Camel, the Crow, the Canis Lucernarius Ctesias Cardanus, Hieronimus Cuvier Cartazonon. See Unicorn Cyclops Carthier, Jacques Cynocephalus, the Cat, the Cyrni, the, who live 400 years Caterpillar, the Catharcludi, a tribe in India D. Catableponta, name for Gorgon DAEDALUS, H.M.S. Cattle, curious Dagon Cebi, the Damon Cellini, Benvenuto Darwin, Descent of Man, Tailed men, Centaurs Cephus, the Shell-fish middens in Tierra del Cercopithecus, the Fuego Cetum Capillatum vel Crinitum. See Davis, Barnard Whale, Hairy. De Barri, Gerald Chameleon, the Deer and Bears Chimaera, the De Leo, Ronzo Chiron, the Centaur Demetrius Chloraeus, the Democritus Choromandae, a nation without a Denbigh Worme, the. See Dragons. proper voice Descent of Man Christie, Mr., on Palaeolithic remains De Thaun, Philip Cicero De Veer, Gerat Circhos, the Devil Whale, the. See Trol Whale. Claudius, Emperor. See Orca. Dingo, the Clayks. See Barnacle Geese. Dinornis Giganteus. See Moa. Clement, Pope Dion Clitarchus Dog, the Cock, the Dog-fish, the Cock with serpent’s tail Dog, the Mimic or Getulian Cockatrice, the Dolphin, the Coelius Dordogne, Palaeolithic remains in caves at Condor, the Dormouse, the

Draco Florentinus Dracontopides. See Dragons. Footless birds. See Apodes Dragon, the Formicae Lions Drake, Sir Francis Fox, the Du Bartas Fridlevus Duck,the; fourfooted Frobisher, Sir Martin Dugong, the Frog, the Duret, Claude Frotho Dwarfs, with no mouth; mentioned in the G. Bible; Homer and the pygmies — battle GAEKWAR OF BARODA with the Cranes; only twenty-seven Gambarus, the inches high; their age; Spurious Gazelle, the pygmies; Northern dwarfs; in America; Geese, two-headed wild African dwarfs; their acuteness. Gellius, or Gyllius, Aulus Geryon E. Geskleithron, dwelling of one-eyed men EAGLE, the Gesner Eale, the Getulian Dog, the Echeneis, the. See Remora. Giants; their stupidity; their sobriety; Edmund, St. Eels, thirty feet long Starchaterus Thavestus; Giants Egede, Hans mentioned in the Bible; height of Egemon Adam, &c.; Gabbaras; Posio and Egg, Remarkable Secundilla; Sir John Mandeville’s Ehannum. See Lamia. giants Eigi-einhamir. See Were Wolves. Gibson, Edmund Elephant, the Giraldus Cambrensis Elpis Gisbertus Germanus Embarus Gizdhubar Emin Pacha Glutton, the. See Gulo. Empusae. See Lamia. Goat, the Enchanters, families of Goblerus, Justinus Epyornis maximus Gorgon, the Ethiopia, wonders of Gorgon blepen, sharp-sighted persons Eudoxus Gould, Rev. S. Baring Euryale Grevinus Griffins F. Gryphons FABRICIUS, GEORGE Guenon, the. See Haut Falisci, or Hirpi, a tribe unharmed by fire Guillim Farnesius Gulielmus Musicus Fauns Gulo, the Ferrerius, Joannes Guy, Earl of Warwick Fincelius Gymnetae, who lived a hundred years Fish, curious Fish, senses of H. Flavianus HAAFISCH, the. See Dog-fish.

Haarwal, the. See Whale, Hairy. Isodorus Hakluyt Isogonus of Nicaea Halcyon, the Istar Hanno Harald, King J. Hare, the JAMES IV. and VI. of Scotland Harmona Jeduah, the. See Lamb Tree. Harpe, the, a falcon Jerff. See Gulo. Harpy, the Jocasta Hauser, Caspar, a wild man Jochanan, Rabbi Haut or Hauti, the Johnöen, Lars Hawkins, Thos. Jovius, Paulus Hea Juba Hea-bani Jugurtha Hedgehog, the Hegesidemus K. Helcus, the. See Sea Calf. KHUMBABA Helen King-fisher. See Halcyon. Helladice Kite, the, Hens, Woolly Kjökkenmöddings Hentzner, Paul Kraken, the Hermias Herodotus L. Heron, the LACUS INSANUS Hesiodus Laius Hippocentaur, the Lake dwellings Hippopotamus, the La Madelaine, Palaeolithic remains at Hirpi, or Falisci, a tribe unharmed by fire Lamb tree, the Hollerius Lambri, Kingdom of Homer Lambton Worme, the. See Dragons. Hoopoe, the Lamia, the Hornet, the Lane, Mr. Horse, the Langa the Horstius Lapithae Hyaena, the Lapwing, the Hydra Lee, Henry Hydrophobia Leech, the Lemnius, Levinus I. Lenormant, M. IBIS, the Leone, Giovanni Ichneumon, the Leonine Monster, a Ichthyo Centaurus, the Leontophonus, the Ierom, Saint Leontopithecus, the Illyrii, a tribe having fascination in their Leopard, the Leucrocotta, the (see also Manticora) eyes Leviathan Incubi Licetus India, Wonders of

Licosthenes touch cures the sting of serpents; Lilith. See Lamia. saliva cures ditto; testing the fidelity of Linton Worme, the. See Dragons. wives by means of serpents; possessing Lion, the both sexes; families of enchanters; Livingstone, Dr. with the power of fascination in their Livy eyes; with two pupils in each eye; Lizards, flying whose bodies will not sink in water; Lotophagi, Cattle of whose perspiration causes consumption; Loup-garou. See Were Wolf. the glance of women with double Lucanus pupils in their eyes is noxious; Indians Lucretius never expectorate, and are subject to Lycanthropy. See Were Wolf. no pains; Men eight feet high; with Lycaon. See Were Wolf. feet turned backwards, and eight Lynx, the toes; with heads of dogs; Women only pregnant once in their lives; Men M. with one leg; whose feet shade them MACHLYAE, the tribe of, are androgynous from the sun; without necks, and eyes Maclean, Rev.—, in their shoulders; large and small Macrobii, people who live four hundred feet; with holes in their faces instead of nostrils, and flexible feet; with no years mouths, who subsist on smell; who M’Quhae, Capt. live 400 years; living on vipers; with Magalhaen no shadow; live to 130 years and Magnus, Olaus never seem to get old; who live 200 Manatee years; do not live over 40 years; who Mandeville, Sir John live on locusts; Women bear children Mandi, who live on locusts at seven years of age; Women conceive Mandragora at five years of age and die in their Man-fish eighth year; Men with ears which Mani. See Sponges. cover their bodies; twelve feet high; Manilius, Senator live on baboon’s milk; green and Manticora, the yellow; Men eating each other; with- Maphoon, a hairy woman out eyes or nose; with mouths in their Mappa Mundi shoulders; cover their faces with their Marcellinus lips; Dwarfs with no mouth; with Marcellus ears to their shoulders; with horses’ Marco Polo feet; go on all fours; go on their knees; Maricomorion, the. See Manticora. live by the smell of wild apples; Marion, the. See Manticora. covered with feathers; Elephant- Marius headed men; feed on serpents and Marsi, the tribe of lizards; Amazons; Pygmies; their Martlet, the height; Early men; their skulls; the Mechovita Stone Age; Bronze and Iron Ages; Megasthenes Palaeolithic remains in caves; the Meir, Rabbi Lake men; early mention of them; Men, tailed; one-eyed; with legs reversed; their food; Kitchen middens; their wide range; Shellfish middens in with sea-green eyes; with white hair; eat every other day; those whose

Tierra del Fuego; Danish middens; O. Wild men; Ancient Britons; Hairy OANNES, or Hea men; Julia Pastrana; Puella pilosa of Obadja, Rabbi Aldrovandus; Hairy people at Ava; Octopus. See Kraken. the Aïnos of Japan; Moon Woman. Odoricus, Friar Menippus Œdipus Menismini, who live on Baboon’s milk Olaus Magnus. See Magnus, O. Mentor Onisecritus Mercuriall Onocentaur, the Mermen and Mermaids Ophiogenes Meryx, the Oppianus Midas Orca, the Milo, Titus Annius Osborne, the Royal Yacht Milroy, General Ostridge or Estridge Milton Ouran Outan, the Mimick Dog, the Ourani Outanis Mirage Ovid Moa, the Owl, the Mole, the Oxen and Wolves Monboddo, Lord Monk-fish, the P. Monoceros. See Unicorn, also Narwhal. PAN, the, a satyr Monocoli, people having but one leg Pan, the Sea Monster, a Pandore, live two hundred years Moon Woman Panther, the Mormolicae. See Lamia. Paradise, Birds of Morse, the. See Walrus. Parkinson, John Moses Chusensis Pastrana, Julia, a hairy woman Mucianus Pausanias Müenster, Sebastian Pelican, the Murex, the Pegasus, the Musculus, the Pergannes Myrepsus Peter, the wild boy Peter Martyr N. Petronius NARWHAL, the Phalangium, the Nasomenes, the tribe of Pharnaces, a tribe whose perspiration Nebuchadnezzar Nemaean Lion causes consumption Nereids Philostratus Niam Niams Phoenix, the Nicander Pholus, the Centaur Nisus, the Phylarcus Nymphae, a name for Satyrs Physeter, the Nymphodorus Pierius Pitan, a tribe living on the smell of wild apples Pithocaris

Plato S. Plesiosaurus, the SAHAB, the Pliny St. John, Mr. Plutarch Salamander Polydamna Salusbury, John Polypus, the. See Kraken. Sargon Poaeius, Paulus Satyr, the Pomponius, Mela Satyr, the classical Pontoppidan, Erik Satyrs Ponzettus Saw Fish, the Pope, Alex. Saxo Postdenius Scaliger Prister, the Scarus, the Psylli, a race whose saliva cures the Schilt-bergerus Sciapodae, men whose feet shade them sting of serpents Pterodactyl, the from the sun Ptolemy Scirti, a name for Satyrs Ptolemy, King Scorpion, the Purchas his Pilgrimage Scott, Sir Walter Pygmies. See Dwarfs. Scyritae, a tribe in India with holes in Pygmaeogeranomachia, a poem on the their faces instead of nostrils, and battle between the Pygmies and the flexible feet Cranes Sea Animals, various Pyrallis, the, 70. See also Salamander. Sea Calves Pyrausta. See Salamander. Sea-Cow, the Pyrrhus, King. His right great toe cured Sea Demon diseases of the spleen Sea Dragon, the Sea Hare R. Sea-Horse, the RABBIT, the Seamew, the Rasis Sea-Mouse, the Raven, the Sea-Nettle, the Ravenna, Monster at Sea-Pig, the Ravisius, Textor Sea Rhinoceros, the. See Narwhal. Ray, the Sea Satyr Rayn, the Sea Serpent, the Regnerus Sea Unicorn, the. See Narwhal. Reineke Fuchs Seal, the. See Sea Calves. Remora, the Segonius Rhinoceros Seneca Robinson, Phil Sennacherib Rodocanakis Serae, who live four hundred years Rondeletius Serpeda de Aqua Rosmarus, the. See Walrus. Serpents, bite of, cured by men’s saliva; Rossamaka, the. See Gulo. ditto by odour of men; test of fidelity Ruc, Rukh, or Rok. See Griffin. of wives; destroy strangers; war with Weasels and Swine; killed by Spiders;

and Cats; and Mice; and Lions; cure Swan, the for bite of; take medicine; the Indian, Swine a kind of whale; and Crabs; charming Swordfish, the them; their loves; talking; size; their Sylla coldness; pugnacity; their antipathies; Syrbotae, men twelve feet high as medicine. Servius T. Sextus TANTALUS apples Shrew mouse, the Tauron Shu-Maon, a hairy man Tavernier Sicinnis, Sicinnistae, a name for Satyrs Tennent, Sir J. E. Sidetes Teüfelwal, the. See Trol Whale. Sileni, a name for Satyrs Thenestus Simeon, Rabbi Theophrastus Simia Satyrus, the Thibii, a tribe having two pupils to each eye Simiinae, the Thos, the Simocatus Thresher-Whale, the. See Orca. Sindbad the Sailor Tiles, shower of baked Siren, the Toad, the Sluper, John Topazos, a beautiful stone Snow Birds Topsell, Edward Solinus Tortoise, the Solyman, Sultan Traconyt, a beautiful stone Somerville, Sir John Tragi. See Sponges. Sow Tranquillus Spenser Trebius, the Spermaceti Whale, the Trebius Niger Sphyngium, the Triballi, a tribe having the power of Sphynx or Sphynga Spider, the fascination with their eyes Sponges Triorchis, the, a hawk Spratt Trispithami, a race three spans high Stag, the Trithemius Stanley, H. M. Tritons Starchaterus Thavestus, a giant Trochilus, the Steingo, a name for a Gorgon Troglodytae, dwellers in caves; their Stheno Sting-ray, the swiftness; their remains; feed on Stork, the serpents and lizards; their commerce. Stow, John Trol Whale, the Strabo Trygon, the. See Sting-ray. Struthpodes, a tribe with small feet Turtles, horned Stumpsius Turtle-dove, the Su, the Tytiri, a name for Satyrs Suidas Tzetzes Swallow, the Swamfisck, the U. UNICORN, the. See also Rhinoceros. Urchin, the

V. VALENTYN Varinus Varro Versipellis. See Were Wolves. Vespasian Vielfras, the. See Gulo. Villanonanus, Arnoldus Vipers, flesh of, causing longevity Virgil Vishnu Volateran W. WALLACE, A. R. Walrus, the Wantley, Dragon of. See Dragons. Wasp, the Weasel, the Webbe, Edward Webber, Romance of Natural History Were Wolves Whale, the Whale, the hairy Whaup, the. See Lapwing Whirlpool, the Williams, Edward Woodcock, the Wolf, the Wolff, G. E. Wolverine, the. See Gulo. Wood, E. J., book on Giants and Dwarfs Wood, W. Martin “Wormes.” See Dragons. x. XENOPHON y. YOULE, Captain HENRY Z ZAHN, JOANNES Zaidu Zebra Ziphius, the Zoophytes