New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-11-07
,ans,aed from the French for the Washington Globe
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Translated from the French the Washington Globe
MEN WITH TAILS. is
An engraving, which cannot fail TO De sue a
oessful, has appeared in the last number OF the
Med;cal and Pharmaceutic France 1t is the /
full length portrait of o man with q tail, drawn
at Mecca, in 1912, by the only European who
can speak otherwise than by hearsay OF that
singular variety of our species. The artist ls
the traveller known in Africa, the theater OF his
discoveries, by the name of Hadji- Abdel- Hamid
Bey. and in France, his native country, by that
Of NJ du Couret.
Itis IN long time since men provided with this
a,,,erdo 90 have been talked about, and Of which
opfv certain monkeys of distinotion-the chin
nanzee. the gorilla and the ourang- outang--are
+ ost;tnte They were talked about in the days
of Ptoleny. and, if modern travellers are to be
believed, 1t is a very common phenomenon
| Some Of their relations appear, however, 70 pc
worthy Of credit
negro named Mohammed, . native Of Bournou'
Who had tail hale foot long. Mohammed de-
clared that all his tribe were tailed as well as
| himself, and the slave merchants confirmed what
he said.
The Hollander, John Struys, saw with his I
| own eyes, in the island of Formosa, man sport
ing eaudal appendage more than foot long, |
| and 6 covered with red hair, very much like an
q tall. and, according to him, all the inhabit-
ants Of the southern part Of Formosa were IN
the same predieament
| IF wa are to believe Gemelli Manila is inhabi-
ted by negroes with tails 4 or feet long. And
Hornemann affirms that, between the Gulf OF
Benin and Abyssinia, there are anthropophagl
with tails, called Mann Mans.
! Nevertheless, down to the present time these
relations were classed with those that asserted
the existence of the monoculi, eyclops, in In
dia the Rlemmyes or acephali, in Lydia; the
centaurs, in Scythia; the tritons, syrens, ner-
eds, etc, all of which were believed in former
times, and which Saint Isidore, for example, pc
4 lieved to be very probable. although he disbe-
lieyed in the existence Of the antipodes, and In
deed, that was generally disbeleved.
Since the discovery of NJ. Couret, the thing is
now iucontestible and every one can have the
satisfaction Of looking at the authentic likeness
Of man with tail, which supplement is three
J inches in length, and almost as flexible as the
, tail Of monkey. .
speech, and that, besides his maternal language,
, he speaks the Arabic huently. He was slave,
and worked for his master, who was obliged to
give him o ration Of raw mutton every morning.
and as he was anthropophagous by nature, this
I | was q wise precaution.
All the members of his tribe, which is that Of
: the Ghilanes-the same, probably, as the Mann
Mans, which is much more of negro name
are, according to the Mecca slave, provided with
v the caudal prolongation. Since his first COM
! munieation upon this subject, NJ. Couret has
. made a voyage to Africa, and he had beer
specially charged by the French Government tt
obtain a Mann Nam. Unfortunately, he was
not able to reach that tribe, but its existence il
$. confirmed by SO many proofs that it becomes diff
!. feult to doubt it,
C,,lS ~ T,o,J vi rrhn
to Couret formed in Africa. declares that he onc'
e. had in his capital negress Of the race OF TIL
ia Mann Mans, of the usual conformation, i.
q equipped with tail
O. Prince Mohsmmed, son Of the last Sultan o
Fezzan, confirmed, when he was IN Paris, tn
ID existence of the Mann Mans, at the South Q
a Bournou, and stated that his brother, VIII
he regns there, had made war upon them.
n. NM Arnaut and Vaysiere, travellers in Abys
= sinia, Rochet d Hericourt d Abbadie and Fran
els de Castlenau, have all heard Of the Man
py Mans The last has collected, with respect I
an them, the declarations Of a dozen negroes {
ges Soudan, and he attaches great value to the az
nd claration of certain Mahammah, or Manuel,
negro slave at Bahia, remarkable for his int
5an ligence, who had made very long journeys, an
of whose yeracity was attested on various oeet
We sions. This Manuel stated that he had mac
eir part of an expedition of Haoussa, conducted !
ads the Sultan of Kano, against the Niam- Mann
pos the object Of which expressly to verify the
as existence We will let Mr.. Castlenau speal
sre ss The Haoussa expedition slept nine nights
lose these forests of Lanchandon; frequently 1t "
We necessary to open road for the horses, al
nds many animals were seen, but not single ma
Upon getting out of the forest, they began
ascend high mountains, and few days afte
ON wards they discovered e band of wild Mai
The Mans, They were sleeping IN the sun;
I'M Haoussas approached them silently, and mass
n. I, fotlo nho1f for
centimeters Eatout fifteen inches1 in leng'
and two or three thick; and they were witho
Ter hair Among the dead were several wome
no who had tails also In every other respt
these people resembled other negroes Th
tho were entirely naked.
. .'Some days afterward, they fell in with otf
u d bands, who met with the same fate One OF
6 to bands was engaged in eating human flesh, a
but, the heads of three men were still roasting at
,nal fire on poles driven into the earth. Manuel
u longed to the vanguard, and saw many of TIL
--o people killed he examined the bodies, measul
the tails, and can have no doubt Of their ext
nb;c enee.
xiv sThe Haoussas we're s Z months in the col
foi. try, exploring and rayag'ng it. 1t is cove
1oy. with very high rocks. The greater part Of
A Haoussas live in the holes in the rocks,
tha some of them build miserable huts Of STR
The Haoussas were frequently attacked by tn
savages, and they killed great number Of thu
kiln These people are dull black, their teeth
ohar fled. and their bodies not tattooed. They
i - tain fire by means of 8 stone found in the co
~ y, try Their arms are clubs, arrows and ia
sued Inns when they attack, they utter shrill ye
Of They cultivate rice, maize and other grains,
two fruits unknown to the Haoussas They are
wos formed, and their hair woolly.
MI, "The chief of the Mann Mans begged
Ahe mercy, but the King of Kano ordered all
pee prisoners to be killed, because they had ia
MAN and he did not believe that any one would
such slaves
A. 1.-The Maintains have breed Of 81
r;n CATTLE without horns, and goats of great
u r .;#F as well as sheep, .
n a's If, as cannot be doubted, this strange pee
! H. arity is that of the whole race, its accide
very pps; 80. ,nh;eh = !. habtuoIly shsan
81" not at all improbable If we are to bel
certain authors, this fact is not very nnc
has mon, J. B. Robnet, in q book entitled g
uxar forts of nature in her attempts to make Man
80 a book in which is to be found all the extri
~ gancies indicated by the title--cites very
the merous examples.
the A certain Cruyillier de la Crontat, who
q successful corsair against the Turks, s.we
we'll known by his tail, with which he was b
'te; y as by his valiant actions. A lemonade gil