12. MERMAID AND FISHES OF AMBOYNA. _After Valentyn_ 17 13. A JAPANESE ARTIFICIAL MERMAID 27 14. AN ARTIFICIAL MERMAID. _Probably Japanese_ 28 15. PORTRAIT OF A MERMAID SAID TO HAVE BEEN CAPTURED IN JAPAN 29 16. THE DUGONG. _From Sir J. Emerson Tennent's 'Ceylon'_ 43 17. THE MANATEE 45 18. FIGURE OF A CALAMARY, FROM THE TEMPLE OF BAYR-EL-BAHREE 50 19. FIGURE OF AN OCTOPUS ON A GOLD ORNAMENT FOUND BY DR. 51 SCHLIEMANN AT MYCENAE 20. DITTO. 52 21. DITTO. 53 22. DITTO. " 23. HERCULES SLAYING THE LERNEAN HYDRA 57 24. THE PHYSETER INUNDATING A SHIP. _After Olaus Magnus_ 64 25. A WHALE POURING WATER INTO A SHIP FROM ITS BLOW-HOLE. 64 _After Olaus Magnus_ 26. SPERM WHALES "SPOUTING" 65 27. THE PAPER NAUTILUS (_Argonauta argo_) SAILING 76 28. DITTO. RETRACTED WITHIN ITS SHELL 81 29. DITTO. CRAWLING 86 30. DITTO. SWIMMING 87 31. SHELL OF THE PAPER NAUTILUS (_Argonauta argo_) 88 32. SHELL OF THE PEARLY NAUTILUS (_Nautilus pompilius_) 89 33. THE PEARLY NAUTILUS (_Nautilus Pompilius_) AND SECTION OF 90 ITS SHELL 34. THE GOOSE-TREE. _From Gerard's 'Herball'_ 104 35. DITTO. _Fac-simile from Aldrovandus_ 110 36. DEVELOPMENT OF BARNACLES INTO GEESE. _Fac-simile from 111 Aldrovandus_ 37. SECTION OF A SESSILE BARNACLE. _Balanus tintinnabulum_ 113 38. PEDUNCULATED BARNACLE. _Lepas anatifera_ 115 39. A SHIP'S FIGURE-HEAD PARTLY COVERED WITH BARNACLES 116 40. WHALE BARNACLE. _Coronula diadema_ 117 41. A YOUNG BARNACLE. _Larva of Chthamalus stellatus_ 118 SEA FABLES EXPLAINED. THE MERMAID.