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But, virtually, by such an answer you would countenance a falsehood or a doubtful legend, since you are well aware that, in the idea of an unicorn, your questioner included the whole traditionary character of the unicorn, as an antagonist and emulator of the lion, &c.; under which fanciful description, this animal is properly ranked with the griffin, the mermaid, the basilisk, the dragon and sometimes discussed in a supplementary chapter by the current zoologies, under the idea of heraldic and apocryphal natural history.
Heraldry is so full of these fantastic creatures, that, in some zoologies, we find a separate chapter or a supplement dedicated to what is denominated heraldic zoology. And why not? For these hideous creatures, however visionary , have a real traditionary ground in medieval belief sincere and partly reasonable, though adulterating with mendacity, blundering, credulity, and intense superstition.
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