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Parish of Rhynie
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Description Continued - In the next Compartment is a fish, supposed to be a Salmon, likewise represented diagonally, having its head in a converse direction to that of the Elephant's. At a remote period in the Northern parts of Scotland in former times it is thought that the proprietors of the Soil were accustomed to hunt lions and other wild beasts with tamed Elephants, and the above figure will probably represent the elephant with his trunk upcast preparing to meet the foe.

[page signed] R. [Robert] Dickson S.R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]