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THE LIVING RACES OF MANKIND 



Photo by Mr. II. Z. Darrah. 



DANCING-MEN AT MONGKNEM DANCE, KHASIA HILLS. 



being slightly raised; and he walked with his knees bent; in 

 that he had as a child pro- 

 gressed in a stooping position, 

 using both hands and feet. He 

 lived in a corner, with his legs 

 brought up to his chin, and 

 placed his food under anything 

 that he might have to lie on, 

 straw or old bedding. Clothes 

 he would not wear, but was 

 induced to keep on the usual 

 strip, and this probably because 

 he had been beaten at first 

 and made to comply with cus- 

 toms so far. The man is now 

 dead. I cannot vouch that he 

 had been nourished by a wolf, 

 but the natives of the city 

 believed that he had been 

 so brought up, etc., etc. He 

 had not learned tq speak; 

 he simply grunted and looked 

 at persons askant, with the 

 cunning, silly leer above re- 

 ferred to. Photo by 



wolf-man who was for many 

 years living in this city. He 

 was sent in by Colonel Slee- 

 man, and a Mohammedan 

 took charge of him. The 

 Mutiny occurring, this pro- 

 tector disappeared, and then 

 the poor fellow came under 

 my notice. At the time he 

 might have been about twenty 

 years of age. I took a little 

 interest in him .and tried to 

 make him work, but found 

 that it was not possible to 

 keep him at it. I tried him 

 with food from the table, 

 and he was guided by smell, 

 rejecting such portions as did 

 not please him. His recog- 

 nition was a grunt. The 

 hands were bent back, but 

 were not stiff; and when 

 taking anything these retained 

 the position instead of clutch- 

 ing. He walked on the front 

 portion of the foot, the heels 

 fact, one could readily suppose 



"Yours, etc." 



DANCING-GIRLS AT MONGKNEM DANCE, KHASIA HILLS. 



