CHAPTER III.

Comparatively Small Number of Mythical Bird-Forms--The Martlet--The Bird of Paradise--The Humma--The Huppe--The Ibis--The Roc--The Hameh Bird--Reptiles, Fish, &c.--The Sea-Serpent--The Adissechen of Hindu Mythology--The Iormungandur of Scandinavian Mythology-- The Egg Talisman--Fire-Drake--Aspis--Amphisbena--Kraken--Cetus-- Leviathan--Behemoth--Nautilus--Dolphin--The Acipenser--The Remora-- The Fish Nun--The Chilon--The Dies--Sea-Bishops and Sea-Monks--Davy Jones and his Locker--Ojibiway Legend of the Great Serpent--Fabledom in the Vegetable Kingdom--The Barnacle Tree--The Kalpa-Tarou--The Lote Tree--The Tree of Life--Lotus-Eating--Amaranth--Lotus Wreaths at Kew from the Egyptian Tombs--Asphodel--Mediæval Herbals-- Ambrosia--The Upas Tree--The Umdhlebi Tree of Zululand--The Kerzereh Flower--The Mandrake--"Miracles of Art and Nature"--Travellers' Tales--The Dead Sea Apple--Alimos--The Meto--The Herb Viva--Cockeram on Herb-Lore--The Pseudodoxia of Dr. Browne--Herb Basil--The "Eikon Basilike"--Fitzherbert's "Boke of Husbandry" 133-205

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Index 235

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE The Unicorn (from a "Description of 300 Animals," A.D. 1786) 5

The Manticora (from a "Description of 300 Animals," A.D. 1786) 13

The Lamia (from a "Description of 300 Animals," A.D. 1786) 13

Dragons (from a "Description of 300 Animals," A.D. 1786) 17

The Sea-Elephant 72

Dragon, from a piece of Italian decoration 79

The Sea-Lion 160

The Harpy (from the "Historia Monstrorum" of Aldrovandus, A.D. 1642) 161

The Barnacle Tree, from Gerarde's "Herbal," A.D. 1633 169

The Barnacle Tree (from the "Theatrum Botanicum" of Parkinson, A.D. 1640) 173

The Barnacle Tree (from "Munster's Cosmography," A.D. 1550) 174

The Palm (from the "Eikon Basilike," A.D. 1648) 203

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MYTH-LAND.