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Knox describes the fear of his Irish boatmen at the appearance of a lake monster, which he sees as a rock just above the waterline

"In describing the seventeenth-century Fauna, Knox makes note of wolf and red deer at Lough Derg. 'The deer come some times from Barnesmore to this Estate but having no coverts they do not stay in it,' whereas 'the wolves are but rare in the country…

A description of the graveyard and its relationship with the lake