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height of six and seven feet, that their strength is 

 without equal, that they live in huts, and use clubs to 

 defend themselves. He thus describes them : 



"Face dull, nose snubbed and flat, ears without 

 cushions, skin a little lighter than that of a mulatto, 

 hair long and thin on many parts of the body, stomach 

 extremely tight, the heels flat, and elevated about half 

 an inch at the back. They walk on two feet, and on 

 all-fours when they have the fancy to do so." M. de 

 la Brosse adds that they endeavour to carry off the 

 negresses, keep them with them, and treat them very 

 welL "I have known at Lowango a negress who had 

 been three years with these animals." 



Filially, Mr, Bowditch, in his "Narrative of a Mis- 

 sion from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee" (London, 

 1819), writes : 



" The favourite and most curious subject of our con- 

 versation on natural history was the Ingena, an animal 

 like the orang-outang, but of a much greater size, being 

 five feet in height and four feet across the shoulders. 

 Its paw was said to be still more disproportionate, and 

 one blow of it would cause death. Travellers who go 

 to Kaybe frequently encounter him. He lies in ambush 

 to kill passers-by, and he principally feeds on 

 wild honey, ^.mong other traits which characterize 

 this animal, and on which all persons agree, it is 

 reported that he builds for himself a hut, in rude 



