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ANTS, AMPHISBÆNAS, BASILISKS
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withal.’ The piece of crystal was more useful still, for if you held it up between you and the basilisk and looked


The Demon of Cathay


through it the poison of the animal was driven back on itself, and killed the monster instead of the victim.

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