New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-04
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From he Lordari AoqdcIpH
Through the courtesy al Mr.. larnI, have bad n
private interview with this curious little Wali.
winch he Is now exhibiting at Tho Royal Aquarium,
Ncstm nstcr anu for 4" hiCh he claims Tie usunclIo
Of being tbs long -soughl-l"r missing HEN be
tyreu man and the anthTopoid apes Mao Ger
taIuly presents some abnormal pocuhaflucs, nut
they are scarcely oi q sufficiently pronounced typo
TO Justify such claim. enc 49, IA IaUt u uis,
old endowed with an average hHRre OF lnteill-
prnce and possessing the faculty at artculate
speech Since her arrival, about ten weeks ago. Ia
London, she has acquired several English words
which she uses intulllgenty ana mol merely parrot
fashion as has been stated. hus, on my suddenly
producing my watch at the interview, she was nj.
rzrt,d Ia the glitter aud cried out, Och, Ock"
that ia clOck ciOckl TINS show ell considerable
mowers of generalization, accompanied 10y q some
what defective articulation and III appears that hor
phonetic sysem doei not Yet embrace the liquids
and r. but IN this and other respects her education
Is progressing fRyorably and sho has already 80 far
ADAPTED herself TO civilized ways that the mere
threat TO be sent back to her own people liz always
sufficient to suppress any symptoms OIL uhluly con
duct.
Physically, Krno presents several peculiar fea-
lures / e head and low tOIohcad are covered,
down to the bushS eyebrows, with the dcep-black,
lauA and lustTocss HAIR ChaIaO terIstlc OF the Mon
golold races. The whole body Is also oyergIown
with a far less dense coating OF soft black hair,
about q quarter Of an inch long. nut nc where close
enough 10 conceal the color OF the skin. which may
be described ~ of n dark olye-brown shade. Inc
nose IL extremely sholt and low, Win excessively
broad nOstrIls merging IN the lull pouched checks
In which she appears to have the habit of stnthng
her food monkey fashion. Like those of the
thropods her feet are also prehensile and tho
hands so rxibls that they bend quite back the
Wrists The thumb also doubles completely back
and of the four fingers all the top joints lndepen-
IDENTIFY lend nj pleasure inward PrOgnathisin seems
TO be very slightly developed, and her beautiful
round black ewes are very large and perfectly hori
zontal Hence the OK preston IL. on the whole, far
from unpensing, and not nearly 30 ape like IA that
OF the many NegrtOs. and especially OF the Java
prse " Ardi" figured by me In Nature OF December
40 1850 But II should be mentioned that, when
in n pet Kraos lips said TO pIotrude NJ lar to
give her " unite a chimpanzee look"
ApArt from her history one might feel disposed to
regard this specimgn merely as "A sport or lusus
nafurq. possessed rather Of pathological than OF
strictly authropoloIical interest. Certainty. $50
lated casss OF hairy persons Add even of hairy fam
figured In recent number OF the Berlin Zeiisthrlf
hr EfItnoIogie; aud. If l remember both CTawfurd
{" Journal of All Embassy to Siam " and Colonel
ue "a Mission 10 the Court of Aya'l speak of u
hairy family resident for two three igenri atoms
at the Burmese capital This family 10 reported to
have come originally from the interior of the Lao
country and In the same region are now told
that little krao and her parents also hairy people,
wcro found last year by the well-knOwD Eastern
explorer, Mr. Carl Book. Soon after their capture.
the father appears 10 have d ed of cholera and the
mother was detained at Bangkok by the SIamose
Government, 50 that Krao alone conld be brought
to England. but. before his death. photograph Of
the father was taken by Mr.. Book, who describes
him as completely covered with thick hairy coat