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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885. Excerpt: ... other belle, and fail to wed his own betrothed, it was universally predicted by his compeers that he would "soon have his boat for his bonnet." The dolphin was held in great estimation by the ancients. Among the Greeks it was sacred to their god Apollo, and was considered the friend and benefactor of man. Apollo, it was said, appeared under the form of a dolphin to the Cretans, and obliged them to settle on the coast of Delphis, where he founded the famous oracle. Among the many fables told of this animal, one of the most popular was that it followed ships in the hour of peril, and, if the vessel was wrecked, conveyed the sailors on its back to the shore in safety. The dolphin's reputed love for music is recorded in the classical story of the musician Arion, who, when about to be thrown overboard by the sailors for his riches, asked permission to play them a tune. Many dolphins were attracted by the sweet strains, and when he was flung into the sea one of them carried the unfortunate musician on its back safe to Tenarus. The dolphin was honoured by the title of "the sacred fish," while the porpoise, being little known to the ancients, is not a hero of romance, but is known in most languages by the degrading appellation of "the sea hog." Both animals are looked on by modern sailors as ominous, for their gambols in the waters indicate that a storm is near. THE SANDS OF FOBVIE. "Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless. For their Redeemer is mighty, He shall plead their cause with thee." (Prov. xxxii., 10-11.) So spoke the wise king of Israel, and the warning his words convey is no idle superstition, but a truth which has been observed and believed by mankind in all ages, having been abundantly verified in the world's hist...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217313674
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 28
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217313671
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 68 gr

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