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Williams, Edward, 189.

Woodcock, the, 69.

Wolf, the, 68, 131, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 148.

Wolff, G. E., 31.

Wolverine, the. See Gulo.

Wood, E. J., book on Giants and Dwarfs, 29.

Wood, W. Martin, 50.

“Wormes.” See Dragons.

Xenophon, 86.

Youle, Captain Henry, 49.

Zahn, Joannes, 4, 144, 165, 173, 248.

Zaidu, 79.

Zebra, 146, 147.

Ziphius, the, 238, 239.

Zoophytes, 259, 260.

THE END.

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Transcriber's Notes.

Punctuation has been standardised, and simple typographical errors have been repaired. Hyphenation, quotation mark usage, and obsolete/variant spelling have been preserved as printed. Characters printed superscript in the original book are here preceded by the caret symbol.

Page 62, beasts => breasts (having the breasts of women)

Page 87, eartd => earth (downeward to the earth)

Page 135, nor => not (for they spare not man nor beast)

Page 141, Greeks => Greek (from two Greek words)

Page 230, tiltre => titre (hōneur et titre)

Page 262, added "the" (On the next page is a huge calamary)

Page 337, Abamiron => Abarimon

Page 340, Gaekwar => Gækwar

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