Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document "The men rowed towards the shore in a straight line, leaving 'Station Island,' a few hundred yards on the left, and had gone but a short distance, when one of them drew his comrade's attention towards an object about a stone's-cast off. Both instantly let fall their oars, and throwing themselves upon their knees, began simultaneously a succession of prayings, and breast beatings, and crossings innumerable. At first I thought the whole of this strange spectacle was feigned, and truly I had reason enough to look upon acting as the 'lex loci;' but a narrower inspection of the countenances of these startled heroes, satisfied me that their consternation was unaffected. Following with my own, the direction of their eyes, I perceived what seemed to me a ridge of rock, about twenty feet in length, rising above the surface of the water, to which the slight ripple already noticed had given the appearance of motion. I had caught one of the fallen oars as it floated past the help at which I sat, and handing it to the boatman nearest, desired that he would recover the other, and row towards the rock. The first injunction was obeyed, but the second met with a positive refusal - neither of the men would consent to approach it, nor explain why. Resolved not to be foiled in an affair which these 'histrionics' had made important, I snatched back the oar I had picked up, the man offering no resistance, and commenced using it as a scull. When I found that I should be permitted to have my own way, I stopped, and inquired again of my cowardly companions the grounds of their alarm. One of them at last said, that what we saw was the great serpent or fish, which appeared every now and then, at such times as the offering of the altars had been insufficient; that is, when the priests were dissatisfied with the contributions of the people." Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Monograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "What we saw was the great serpent or fish" Subject The topic of the resource Travelogues--James Spencer Knox--Lough Derg--Description Description An account of the resource 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 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Spencer Knox, 1789-1862 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Pastoral Annals. By an Irish Clergyman [i.e. James S. Knox], pp. 389-91 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, London Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1840 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digitised by Google, sponsored by Princeton Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Monograph Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Travelogue Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0279 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.608669,-7.877939 References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. https://books.google.com.mm/books?id=kIIuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=lough%20derg&f=false elitism Folklore James Spencer Knox lake monster nineteenth century Protestant critique rock serpent superstition Travelogue