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Rare Wonders
| Range | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pig-faced child herds child-faced pigs |
| 2 | Teeming wave of pink, hairless, eyeless mice |
| 3 | Parrot negotiates embargo with a Nuncio |
| 4 | Dancing great ape ... with the head of a goat |
| 5 | Exquisitely-winged hermaphrodite hovers ominously |
| 6 | Hyena chained to a badger ... fight viciously |
| 7 | Blood merchant with cart full of sloshing barrels |
| 8 | Swordsmith demonstrates wares on slaves |
| 9 | Giraffe giving birth |
| 10 | The bloated corpse of an ... elephant? |
| 11 | Tiny man in an ivory cage, on the end of a pole, swung over the crowd, screaming in terror |
| 12 | Four cheetahs awkwardly walking upright |
| 13 | Black giant distracted by the clapping of 30 concubines he carries on his back |
| 14 | A lion paces loose |
| 15 | Bloated, grey creature chained with flowers to a cedar sled pulled by children |
| 16 | White sparrows alight on the heads of the crowd as far as you can see |
| 17 | A pig squeals out hymns |
| 18 | Wedding procession of seven sets of twins ... sisters & brothers |
| 19 | Orchestra of instruments made from the bones of those killed by whales |
| 20 | Armless man reads & records secrets in knotted thread |
| 21 | Five maidens tattoo scriptures on an albino elephant |
| 22 | Senile king with a mother of pearl saddle ridden by a bored phlebotomist |
| 23 | Huge bronze pot that passersby vomit into |
| 24 | Giant glass sphere rolls slowly by, half-filled with wine & a tiger |
| 25 | Four warriors face the four cardinal directions, chains grown into their backs connect them |
| 26 | Haruspex performs extispicy on whale entrails |
| 27 | Procession honors conjoined orangutans |
| 28 | Respectable gentleman with five porters bearing his beard |
| 29 | The crowd moves through & idles in a landscape– hillocks & pathways ... of rice |
| 30 | Bald woman carves a delicate city from cart-sized molar |
| 31 | Three eunuchs nod knowingly & tally passersby |
| 32 | A dust merchant |
| 33 | Fish-maiden performs a sash dance while weeping pearls |
| 34 | Infant Infanta in feather crown & petal robe being given a tour of the sights |
| 35 | Procession of blind guides one after another after another ... |
| 36 | Moaning beggar covered in mold like black feathers |
| 37 | Two Rhinos reluctantly bear a library of scrolls |
| 38 | Fat men fornicating with straw manikins |
| 39 | Intricate tessellations chalked on the ground, people nervously avoid |
| 40 | Beautiful nudes covered in calligraphy |
| 41 | A wondrous steam engine explodes killing crowded spectators |
| 42 | Toothless friar sells expired indulgences |
| 43 | Fourteen crucified monkeys |
| 44 | Pregnant woman performs acrobatics |
| 45 | Small Iron box emits hoarse chanting |
| 46 | Wizard sneezing incessantly |
| 47 | Wheezing frost lizard sheds plate-sized, ivory scales |
| 48 | Merchant sells ambergris Buddhas |
| 49 | Vast vat of live eels bursts |
| 50 | Merchant sells tiny, beeswax spheres filled with slime. |
| 51 | Burly man surrounded by wicker-armored guards bears eight lead bells |
| 52 | Wicker cage holds cannibal children baring filed teeth |
| 53 | Warrior stalks past in a featureless golden mask |
| 54 | Flowing fountain wheeled by on brass casters |
| 55 | Young men line up for tar & suicidal flame |
| 56 | Three bearded women wield luminescent lizards tied to the tips of their staves |
| 57 | An orchard of potted pomegranate trees |
| 58 | An adolescent girl sits cross-legged on a cauldron of quicksilver while eating a plum |
| 59 | Circle of worshipers kneel before whirling blades |
| 60 | Two albino alligators shamble along, firework bombards firing from their backs |
| 61 | A Band of thralls naked but for brass torcs harvest thumbs |
| 62 | Merchant sells fairies riding seahorses, dried, on sticks |
| 63 | Dung beetles roll confectionery balls in an ebony tray |
| 64 | Priests time rituals to the transformations of a man in a bamboo cage to ... hippo & back |
| 65 | Tin peacocks clatter about, fanning their bland tails |
| 66 | Alabaster bull on crystal wheels with a voice screaming from inside |
| 67 | Scabrous octopus performs religious pantomime, silver bells on every tentacle |
| 68 | Tall couple with hair braided together smash ancient clay tablets |
| 69 | A Wine Fountain |
| 70 | A Manatee is vivisected by arguing pedants |
| 71 | A group of gray, old folk whose exhaled breath is smoke |
| 72 | Three fat women fight with obsidian fans |
| 73 | Giant candles slowly burn revealing morsels at the proper time for emaciated priests to eat |
| 74 | Merchant sells the pickled tongues of emperors |
| 75 | Mice in vestments perform rites in bread dioramas |
| 76 | A communal hookah |
| 77 | White flakes drift from the sky, edible, but ephemeral |
| 78 | Sloths on silk pillows play cymbals |
| 79 | Taxidermist for hire, clutching his cat-monkey-fish creation |
| 80 | Dwarf whittles gold leaf from an abandoned palanquin |
| 81 | Giant sifts saffron over the crowd, while tumblers whirl & cut purses |
| 82 | Hundreds of gongs rung as the crowd pushes between them |
| 83 | Giant drum falls down stairs deafening everyone near |
| 84 | Walrus with scrimshawed tusks is bathed in iced perfume by princesses |
| 85 | Merchant sells ogre-skin rugs, heads intact |
| 86 | Blue-skinned men with turbans & reeking of mint given wide berth by crowd |
| 87 | An antlered horse |
| 88 | Merchant sells porcelain phials of tears |
| 89 | Blind woman weaves strips of fallen battle banners into ... sails? |
| 90 | Alchemist creates a greasy, pulsating lump in a beaker before succumbing to foul fumes |
| 91 | Ex-pirates pay passersby to defecate around a giant egg, keeping it warm |
| 92 | Tree formed from broken lances, hung with the hands of the vanquished |
| 93 | Cultists shave all comers for free, carefully hide the clippings in filthy sacks |
| 94 | Innkeep sings out delicacies for sale, basso profondo |
| 95 | Ostler fusses with five black war camels |
| 96 | Young woman passes clad in cuir bouilli made from the faces of ... demons? |
| 97 | Merchant sells armor of bronzed seashells |
| 98 | Jaundiced, crawling with flies, butcher cuts any meat for hire |
| 99 | Roaches scurry across colorful threads strung above the heads of the crowd |
| 100 | Wardogs for sale, cropped ears, cropped tails, branded for each battle fought |
| 101 | Stuttering man feeds a small snake to a larger snake to an even larger snake ... for hours |
| 102 | Cross-eyed counterfeiter mints coins, medals, & pilgrim's tokens |
| 103 | Man with kris runs amok through the crowd |
| 104 | Merchant sells baskets, all full of random odds & ends |
| 105 | Man with a third eye painstakingly studies patterns in the wares of a carpet weaver |
| 106 | A courtesan swings languidly from a platform above the crowd |
| 107 | Five wolfskin-clad berserkers force everyone entering a plaza to wear a veil |
| 108 | A yeti impaled howls pitifully |
| 109 | Copper coins, everywhere, ankle-deep |
| 110 | Glassblower struggles desperately to shape life-sized animals |