250 TiMEHRI. 



Merchants of Water-street, preceded by their princi- 

 pal " Howler," who will lead their lamentations. 



Large body of Creditors, headed by aged decayed 

 Merchants, 



Large body of Debtors, headed by dissipated junior 

 Clerks. 



The procession may be closed by the Editor of the 

 TimeSy between the jailor and the hangman, all crying 

 lustily, particularly the Titnes*^ 



Readers of Waterton'S " Wanderings " have no 

 doubt been often puzzled by the illustration of the ** Non- 

 descript " and the genial traveller's guarded account of 

 the animal. It is well-known now that the bust was that 

 of a howling monkey, and that it had been moulded in 

 such a way as to make the face appear decidedly human. 



Waterton tried to hoax the people of Georgetown 

 by exhibiting it here in December, 1824, as a specimen 

 of "the real Wild Man of the Woods — approaching to 

 our own form infinitely nearer than the famed Ourang 

 Outang of Borneo." The story of its capture is thus 

 given in the Chronicle of December 24th : — 



** A friend of ours, alike celebrated for his love of 

 science, and his indefatigable researches into the arcana 

 of nature, has added to the history of the latter a speci- 

 men of the most surprising description. How this 

 phenomenon came into his possession will be best ex- 

 plained in his own words ; and as the veracity of our 

 friend has never been called in question, the subje6l will 

 not admit of contradiflion. He has further for the grati- 

 fication of naturalists and professional gentlemen, de- 

 posited with us, at our particular request (previously 

 to its being shipped to England) the head and shoulders 



