217 
Chapter XX. 
An Anthropoid. 
THERE is an anthropoid in 
habitant of these hills in whom 
I take an interest. The local 
varieties of him are many, 
from the purely feral Katkurree 
of the Tanna and Kolaba jun- 
gles to the half-domesticated 
Koonbee of the Canara forests, 
but I do not think they con- 
stitute more than one true 
species. It may easily be re- 
cognised from the following 
description : — 
Of small or medium size, colour vary- 
ing from brown to nearly black, hands 
and feet prehen-ile, ears perforated, earrings present or absent according to 
financial condition, body and limbs almost entirely nude, hair on head various, 
hair on face wanting or nearly so, upper part of body bearing, in winter, a 
