PEOPLE WITH FAILS
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From volume i,lst published I'm Iondon) on


Tlibct, and India beyond The Gangcs,


The supposed eXistance Of 2 race ci peo-
Die with tails, has long been favourte nc
ton. From the testimony Of captain Iur-
ner, it may be inferred that this notion is
current at Thibct, for the Rcja Dcab, the
sovereign OF Bootan related that in the range
of mountains eastward Of his country, to-
wards Assam, there was a race OF men
with short tails, 50 rigid and inflexblc, that
before they can sit down on the ground they
arc Obliged to make hole to receive the sa
cred appendage.


The accounts Of the earlier voyagcrS rep
resented the natives Of the Nicabar Islands
as furnished with supcrtuous member OF
this kind. koping Swede, who was lieu
tenant Of Dutch ship, asserts this to be the
fact, and not that from the appearance OF a
single indivdual-for hc assures us, that
when he WAS at Nicobav, he WAS surrounded
Nv a great concoursc OF people with tails,
who cndeavoured to get on board the ship,
but the crew alarmed at the movements of
these monsters, fred their guns which scar
ed their disagreeable guests.


Baredezwiltz, 4 German traveller, in the
9th chapter Of his voyage, gives the follow
ing account Of Il girl whom he met with III
the Aiouccas,: While / was in the Moluc
cas- | saw female slave Of the race OF Pa
puas, who had atail like stag's, and when
any one asked her, which was often done,
she exhibitedit. This slave was of the race
of oriental blacks, of whom there are many
in the interior of the Mouccas.


None of the eastern islands are so noto-
rious for people with tails, as Formosa. Hes
Sc, likewise a German, who went to Su-
matra in 1880, saw a female who was
provided with tail like a brute. Strau-
sus, Dutchman, is third eye witness,
and he gives Il too circum stancial ac-
count of one Of the tailed Formosans, to
leave any remaining doubt upon the sub
ject. fle saw man with tail one foot in
length This creature was taken for mur-
derlng a clergyman, fastened to Stake by a
I long chain round his body, around which a
| fire was kindlcd, the wretched creature was
4 so broilcd that the fat oozcd from his body
long before his death. His shape perfectly
astonished every person present, and par
l ticularly so, when he informed them the
Incn i'll his country were ali tailed like him
self.


Medero, and Gemelll Carrerv both saw
a singular sight III the Philippines. Such
persons are said to exist also in the interior
Of l5ornea. 4 surgeon who had returned
i from the Fast Indies, assured DR.. Harvey
who knew him to be a man OF strict veracity
that he saw girl who had tail span long


Bath, Rath and Rythschow relate that kirad
or tailed people, arc always found in Turkes,
tan.


1t seems by no means improbable. tina,
such freak Of nature furnished the an
clients with the first notion of satyrs, espcci-
ally if, as we are told, monsters of this kline
exist in those parts Of Asia. situated much
nearer to them than the islands.