54 CURIOUS CREATURES. 



Satyrcs are in the Islands Satiridcc, which are three in 

 number, right over against India on the farther side of 

 the Ganges; of which Euphemus Car rehearseth this 

 history : that when he sailed unto Italy, by the rage of 

 winde and evill weather, they were driven to a coast un- 

 navigable, where were many desart Islandes, inhabited 

 of wild men, and the marriners refused to land upon some 

 Islands, having heretofore had triall of the inhumaine 

 and uncivill behaviour of the inhabitants, so that they 

 brought us to the Satyrian Islands, where we saw the 

 inhabitants red, and had tayles joyned to their backs, 

 not much lesse than horsses. These, being perceived by 

 the marriners to run to the shippes, and lay hold on the 

 women that were in them, the shipmen, for fearc, took 

 one of the Barbarian women, and set her on the land 

 among them, whom in most odious and filthy manner, 

 they abused, whereby they found them to be very bruit 

 beasts." 



He gives us his idea 

 of the Simia Satyrus, 

 which must have been 

 an accomplished animal, 

 for not only could it, ap- 

 parently, play upon the 

 pipe, but it had a handy 

 pouch for the reception 

 of the fruit (in lieu of 

 coppers) which it doubt- 

 less would receive as 

 guerdon for its perform- 

 ance. 



