Fishes . official. These monsters are still manufactured forthe curio-trade. The Monk-fish.—Many strange fishes were described in theMiddle Ages, the interest usually centering in some supposedrelation of their appearance with the afi:airs of men. Some ofthese find their way into Rondelets excellent book, HistoireEntiere des Poissons, in 1558. Two of these with the accom-panying plate of one we here reproduce. Other myths lessinteresting grew out of careless, misprinted, or confused ac-counts on the part of naturalists and travelers. In our times in Norway a sea-monster has been taken after a
Fishes . official. These monsters are still manufactured forthe curio-trade. The Monk-fish.—Many strange fishes were described in theMiddle Ages, the interest usually centering in some supposedrelation of their appearance with the afi:airs of men. Some ofthese find their way into Rondelets excellent book, HistoireEntiere des Poissons, in 1558. Two of these with the accom-panying plate of one we here reproduce. Other myths lessinteresting grew out of careless, misprinted, or confused ac-counts on the part of naturalists and travelers. In our times in Norway a sea-monster has been taken after a great storm, to which all that saw it at once gave the name of 149 I50 The Mythology of Fishes monk; for it had a mans face, rude and ungracious, the headshorn and smooth. On the shoulders, hke the ck>ak of a monk,were two long fins instead of arms, and the end of the body wasfinished by a long tail. The picture I present was given me bythe very illustrious lady, Margaret de Valois, Queen of Navarre,. Fig. 110.—Lc monslre marin en habii de Moine. (.After Rondelet.) who received it from a gentleman who gave a similar one tothe emperor, Charles V., then in Spain. This gentleman saidthat he had seen the monster as the portrait shows it in Nor-way, thrown by the waves and tempests on the beach at a placecalled Dieze, near the town called Denelopoch. I have seen asimilar picture at Rome not differing in mien. Among the sea-beasts, Pliny mentions a sea-mare and a Triton as among thecreatures not imaginary. Pausanias also mentions a further says: The Mythology of Fishes 151 The Bishop-fish.— I have seen a portrait of another sea-monster at Rome, whither it had been sent with letters thataffirmed for certain that in 1531 one had seen this monster ina bishops garb, as here portrayed, in Poland. Carried to theking of that country, it madecertain signs that it had agreat desire to return to thesea. Being taken thither itthrew itself instantly into thewater. The Se
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