CURIOUS CREATURES. 



all the requirements of Darwin, as representing our 

 maternal progenitor, is from an old book by Joannes 

 Zahn, published in 1696 and there figures as " Ourani 

 Outains." 



Darwin says that the men of the period wore tails, 



and if they were no 

 longer than that in 

 this illustration 

 (which is copied 

 from the same 

 book), they can 

 hardly be said to be 

 unbecoming still 

 that is a matter for 

 taste they are cer- 

 tainly more graceful 

 than if they had 

 been rat - like, or 

 like a greyhound, 

 or toy terrier. 

 Many old authors 

 speak of tailed men 

 in Borneo and Java, 

 and not only were 

 men so adorned, 

 but women. Peter 

 Martyr says that in 

 a region called In- 

 zaganin, there is a tailed race these laboured under 

 the difficulty of being unable to move them like animals 

 but as he observes, they were stiff like those of fishes 

 and crocodiles so much so, that when they wanted to 

 sit down, they had to use seats with holes in them. 



