"When thowes dissolve the snawy hoord. An' float the jinglin icy boord, Then, water-kelpies haunt the foord, By your direction, An' nighted trav'llers are allur'd To their destruction." 'Address To The Deil', Robert Burns, 1785 #BookwormSat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🎨 Water kelpy, 1821 (more details in alt text)

Painting of a man being so startled that his hat falls off by a strange creature rising from the lake or river next to him. The creature has wild black hair, huge staring eyes and a large mouth from which water is gushing out. It also has wings and the tail of a shark. In the distance is a ruined building and in the sky is the Moon, with the Man in the Moon asleep. Print originally from 'The old English squire' by John Careless, a pseudonym of William Andrew Chatto), 1821.