CURIOUS CREATURES. 3 



the Quadrumana. . . . The foot, judging from the great 

 toe in the foetus, was then prehensile ; and our pro- 

 genitors, no doubt, were arboreal in their habits, fre- 

 quenting some warm, forest-clad land. The males were 

 provided with great canine teeth, which served them as 

 formidable weapons." 



In fact, as Mortimer Collins satirically, yet amusingly, 

 wrote : 



" There was an APE, in the days that were earlier ; 

 Centuries passed, and his hair became curlier, 

 Centuries more gave a thumb to his wrist, 

 Then he was MAN, and a POSITIVIST." 



The accompanying illustration, which seems to embody 



