Da fanden sich Schlangen, welche zu lachen schienen, Traufrinnen, welche man glaubte kläffen zu hören, Salamander, welche in das Feuer bliesen.
There were griffins which had the air of laughing, gargoyles which one fancied one heard yelping, salamanders which puffed at the fire, tarasques* which sneezed in the smoke.