The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Mr. Ben. Leonard Calvert ( - )
References in Documents:Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Junior Proctor (MacGregor, ed.) [Addendum 8] Copy of the letter to the
HonMr. Ben. , concerning the creatures half frog, half Fish. These
amphibious Creatures, I took alive out of the Lake Aniagno near Naples in
Sept. 1724 . They werewhen alive, exactly half a frog & half a Tench.
This odd singularity in Nature was never known to happen there before. The
People of the Place relate a miracle as the cause of this monstrous
production; but an extraordinary mixture of the Spawn of Fishes & frogs
seems to be the most natural account of this strange procreation. Ben .
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