Fabulous Beasts and Where to Find Them

One of the nice things about term starting soon (OMG! Students! Lessons! Work! Oh teh angst!) is that the second-hand bookseller has set up his stall again outside one of the canteens. One impulse purchase later, I am now the proud owner of a Folio Society translated Bestiary (original circa 764 AD) for the princely sum of £3.50.

What a treasure! Everything you ever wanted to know about Manticores but were too afraid to ask on account of their scorpion tails and poisionous breath! Basilisks! Water-ouzels! Gryphons! And - best of all - Exhortations!

I couldn't resist sharing some of the choicer parts with you:

( Barnacles )

( Ibex )

( Harz Birds )

( Beaver )