tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post8959089559556885170..comments2024-01-05T05:02:20.353+00:00Comments on CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: MUIRHEAD`S MYSTERIES: C.S. LEWIS`S AUNT AND CHINESE DWARF LIONSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-6587246997616011732011-11-07T17:15:57.232+00:002011-11-07T17:15:57.232+00:00*AHEM*
I'm afraid I'm partly to blame for ...*AHEM*<br />I'm afraid I'm partly to blame for this in admonishing Richard that when Plato SAID 8000 years he MEANT 8000 years, for completely logical and verifiable reasons: that you could NOT divide his figures by a factor of ten across the board and get reliable figures, and that anybody that says to do that has NOT checked their math.<br /><br />In this case, the very large Chinese lion war<em> dogs</em> were diminshed through generations of breeding down to Pekinese <em>dogs</em><br /><br />No actual lions to that part at all. although I am certain that the Chinese idea about lions ultimaely derived from <em>real</em> cave lions that once abounded in their country.<br /><br />Best Wishes, Dale D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com