. Wonder tales from Scottish myth & legend . €871 SEAL-FOLK LISTENING TO A MERMAIDS SONGfrom a drawing by John Duncan, In the Kingdom of Seals 145 Said the guide: If ever you break yourpromise you shall die. I counsel you to keep it,and as long as you do so you will prosper. Everytime you set lines, or cast a net, you will catchmuch fish. Our seal-servants will help you, andif you wish to reward them for their services, takewith you in your boat a harp or pipe and playsweet music, for music is the delight of all seals. The fisherman vowed he would never breakhis promise, and the gui
. Wonder tales from Scottish myth & legend . €871 SEAL-FOLK LISTENING TO A MERMAIDS SONGfrom a drawing by John Duncan, In the Kingdom of Seals 145 Said the guide: If ever you break yourpromise you shall die. I counsel you to keep it,and as long as you do so you will prosper. Everytime you set lines, or cast a net, you will catchmuch fish. Our seal-servants will help you, andif you wish to reward them for their services, takewith you in your boat a harp or pipe and playsweet music, for music is the delight of all seals. The fisherman vowed he would never breakhis promise, and the guide then led him back todry land. As soon as he reached the shore heceased to be a seal and became a man onceagain. The guide, who had also changed shape,breathed over a great wave and, immediately, itbecame a dark mare with grey mane and greytail. He then mounted the mare, and bade thefisherman mount behind him. The mare rose inthe air as lightly as wind-tossed spray, and passingthrough the clouds of startled sea-birds reachedthe top of t
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