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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 Honble Mr. Ben.det Leonard Calvert, 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. Bent. Leo.rd Calvert.