Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-10-13
From the Scientific Report.

From the Scientific Report.
There exists race of men who, accor-
ding to the report of certain travellers, are
originally Of the kingdom of Gondar, or of
others, who say they inhabit Soudan in
the South, whose geological characters
tics are remarkable They have a tail
like appendage formed by the elongation
Of the vcrtebral column, and they are the
lust link in the human race. The slave
merchants cannot disrose of them with
out great difficulty; so bad is their repu-
tation. The traits which distinguish
them are hideous ugliness of face and
igme, ungovernable tempers and stolid
intellect. Some of this race are to lie
found also, in the Philippine Isl'nds, but
they were, doubtless, carried thitker by
the slave merchants. However this may
be, Mhen Levantineis looking out for
slaves in the East, he is always warned
not to purchase one who has tail; he is
told-"Of all slaves. this is the least po-
6table." This race Of men is very far
behind that of which Fourier dre9med,
and which was, some day, to become the
type Of manly beauty, morally and phys
ically.
NJ. Ducouret, who was in Mecca in the
year 1842, saw an individual of the spc-
cies we have Just mentioned, and belong
ing, he was told, to the breed of Ghla-
nes in the South. Though it be mot the
first time we have heard the race Of men
spoken of, who are furnished with tails,
nevertheless the fact is not sufficiently
common to take away lis interest. We
will, therefore, enter somewhat into de-
tail upon this strange organic mnnifesta-
ton. al inhabited Mecca in 1872" SAYS
NJ Ducouret "and being ofte" at the
house of an Emr with whom I was init,
mate, spoke to him of the Ghilarc race,
and told him how much the Europeans
doubted the existence of men with tails
that is to say, the vertcbral column elon-
gated externally. In order to convince
me of the reality of the species, the Emi'
ordered before me one Of his slaves called
Bellal who was about thirty years old,
who had tail. and who belonged to this
tribe. On surveying Il is nan I WIS
thoroughly convinced. He spoke Arab
ic we'll. and appeared rather intelligent
He told me that in his country, far beyond
che Sennar, which he had crossed, they
spoke different language; this for wnnt
Of practice, he had entirely forgotten: that
of his compatliots. whom he estimated al
so or 10000, some worshippcd the sun,
the moon, or stars. otters. the serpent,
and the sources Of an immense river. in
which they inundated their victims
(probabiy the mouth Of the Nile) that
they ate with delight raw flesh, rs bloody
as possible, and that thev loved humrn
flesh above all thingS--.hat, after their
battles with the ncighto'ing t,iies, they
slaughtered and devourcd their pi oneys
without distinction of age or Sex, but that
the women and childien We're preferable,
their flesh being moe delicate. lhis
Ghlance had become IL dcvout Mussul-
man, and had lived Is years in the Holy
City. The fondness, the necessity, even
for raw flesh, (t really was a want with
him) did not fail to return upon him; and
his master, therefore, by precauion,
never failed, when his fit was on him, to
provide him with AN enormous piece Of
raw mutton, which he consumed raven
ously before every todv. This desire
for raw flesh showed itself periodically:
sometimes twice week Being as ed
why he did not try to correct such hab-
it, he answered frankly. Il have often
tried to overcome this appetite, which !
received from my father and mothe~.
In my country, grent and small,
yonng ard old, live in this manner, e.
sides eating fruits, fish, and vegetables.
Ifmy master neglected to supply this re-
qui,ement Of my nature. am sure
could not resist the desire which possess
es me of devourirg something, and |
should cause great sorrow by { ling on
some person too wenk TO contend with me
an infant, for example, Having asked
rim tonllow me to see him naked, for
wished to sketch him) he resisted for a
long time. but finally yielded, on receiv-
ing the promise of an entirely new dress,
which | was to send him. He came pri-
vately to my house. where he took off the
scanty shirt of coarse blue linen which he
wore. II was TINS enabled to contemplat
him qaite at nay ease. and paint his por-
tnait withaat exposing him to the pun
ishmsnG which would have been inflicted