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Alexander & Monsters 3Creatures encountered by Alexander the Great, king of Macedon, during his invasion of Asia 3 of 7 Date: circa 330 BC
Bigorne / Eats HusbandThe bigorne is a sexist creature which eats men who do as their wives tell them; though no longer politically correct, it may not be extinct
Birds OperateBirds perform a medical operation on an unidentifiable creature
Huge Hippo and PeopleAn extraordinary depiction of a hippopotamus savaging hunters in an exotic landscape - it is the size of an elephant, and seems more a creature of land than water
Noah Builds the ArkHaving received a flood warning from God, Noah sets about the construction of an Ark in which he, and two of every living creature, can survive
Bird and PredatorNature red in tooth and claw - a stoat-like creature has got its teeth into a guinea fowl or some such bird : predator and prey fall together from a tree
Exorcist Expels DemonAn exorcist (Jesus) successfully drives a demon from the body of its victim - you can see the nasty creature taking flight as it emerges from its involuntary host
Greyhound & HareUnlike its descendants who are compelled to pursue an electric hare, this elegant creature has chased and caught a living prey
Marmot (Bewick) - 3mus lemmus - the LAPLAND MARMOT is better known as the LEMMING, a creature given to mass migrations of which Bewick gives a graphic account
Mongoose (Bewick)The lower creature is the lemur mongooz : the upper the TAILLESS MACAUCO - lemur tardigradus - who spends its life envying the mongoose its tail : both live in India
Caracal (Bewick)felis caracal Found in Asia and Africa : this may be the creature named the lynx by classical writers
Goat (Bewick)capra hircus COMMON GOAT A lively, playful, and capricious creature (did Bewick intend the pun ?) and a very useful one
Springbok (Bewick)Moschus moschiferus Bewick was puzzled as to what species this creature is, but it is now recognised as a kind of deer. It is famed for the perfume it produces
Musk-Deer (Bewick)Moschus moschiferus Bewick was puzzled as to what species this creature is, but it is now recognised as a kind of deer. It is famed for the perfume it produces
Black Bear (Bewick)Bewick is puzzled by this creature, drawn from life, which he supposes to be a bear: it was brought back from Bengal, and appears to be a gentle, good-natured animal
Bulldog (Bewick)is the fiercest of all the Dog kind, and is probably the most courageous creature in the world - so says Bewick
Valhalla SerpentMarine creature observed by naturalist M J Nicoll from the Valhalla off Pava
Don Sea SerpentThis impressive creature was seen by several aboard the Royal Mail steamer Don in the Atlantic, and sketched by a witness
Gosse Serpent TheoryNaturalist Philip Henry Gosse suggests that the reports of sea serpents could relate to an Enaliosaur, a supposedly extinct sea creature
British Banner SerpentMarine creature sighted from the British Banner; the Master reported that the creature shook the bowsprit with its mouth and seemed about 100 metres long
Sea Serpent GreenlandSpouting sea-creature sighted by Hans Egede off the coast of Greenland
Animals and homo sapiens at the time of the FloodCave-dwellers dispute possession of a cave with an evicted bear, while buffalo and other creatures roam Date: circa 5000 BC
Troll, pet frog, and two long-tailed creaturesA troll with his pet frog meets two long-tailed creatures