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Men with the Attributes of Apes-A
Journey to the sHamPs of Laos in
Southern Asia.
PAz1aelpA6a Tines.


PAiEGasIpAE9 Tines.
81 an prepared 10 swallow the whole
story, except the pouches in the MOUTH =
sald gentleman the other day, 70 whom
Prof. George &. Shelly. anthrOpOlcgIst and
member Of the Geographical Society, was
rec0unting the story Of the capture OF a
hairy family, clearly human; but bearing
many strong Tesem olauces 70 the aEthro-
pold apes. which Weresecurel by himself
ynd the Weli-known explorer. Carl. aided
by some native soldiers, in the Wllds OF
Laos IN the year 1872.
There are" said the professor, ''three
distinct races Of men who live N trees
These are Indians in South America, who
lnhabit the borders Of the Orinoco,
Iucuya, and MADEIRA rivers; the Neddas
OF CeylOn, and the Krao- MOniek OF Laos, a
dependency Of Siam. kra0- MOniek means
m3n-mOnkey. Laos is part OF the world
which has never been thoroughly eX-
plored, and but comparatively little IS
known about 1t By ge0graphers and sci
endsts. It contains from 500 TO LOW
square miles, and lies between tie NJ
tenth and twentieth degrees Of north lat
ltude, north OF siam, east Of the Menam,
AhOng. west OF AMMAN, and about 4UJ
miles south west Of TCnQuin. The reason
u ny Laos has not been thoroughly eE-
has attempted it has died OF malarial
fever. That part Of the country in which
the hraO lives IS very sTampF, IS lnhao-
tied only BY the men who live n trees, and
0y elephants and snakes. Tne people 1--we
IN trees TO escape the snakes and the wet
ground. They weave the branches to
gether and build huts therein. In climb
ing the trees they use their toes as mon
key does. They DO not grasp the trees
q = IN ne
use FIRE. They live on dried nsh, Wild
rice, and the rind Of green cOcOanut.
Their only weapon is a club.
Ten years ago Carl Book. the author
Of The Man Hunters OF BOrneO' and My
Travels IN SIAM was travelling IN Asia
on behalf Of Mr.. Farini. the English Bar
mum, TO look FOR the tall people which
were said TO live there. In the court OF
tie kim OF Burmah he saw and talked
with g hairy family, which were kept By
the Hing Tor his amusement, as European
kings formerly kept fools and dwarls.
Book tried in every way to secure them
70 take 10 Europe, but he failed. He Of
tered $4,000 for one OF them, bus money
is no object there; they have more OF it
than they know what 70 do with. These
people that Beck saw there were the
grandchildren CT a hairy couple which
Crawford. who went 10 Burmah in 1885 4 5
Of which be published an account in his
book, - Mission 10 the Court Of Ava
Crawford said that these people had been
given 70 the King Of Burmah by the King
Of Laos.
Early in 1852 joined Carl Book at
Singapore. We went up the straits Of
Aalacca and made an expedition into
Rumb0, in the Malay peninsula, where II
was reported that hairy race lived called
JaccOcns, but we did not find them. We
then went 70 RangOOn and thence 10
Bangkok, the capital Of siam. Book had
once cured the Prime Minister Of siam Of
a malignant disorder. This was the
means ci procuring Us an escort, twenty
elephants, and letters % the King Of Laos.
After a four months journey. partly BIZ
land and partly by river. we reached
Kjapg-kiauE. the capital Of Laos,
Cur letter from tie King Of Siam pro
cured Us the good Offices Of the King Of
Laos, who gave US guides, fresh elephants,
an escort Of ten native soldiers, armed
with spears and bows and poisoned ar
rows. After journey OF several weeks
We came TO the sUaups where the hairy
people lived. But We had hard work to
catch them or even to see them. They
are wonderfully alert, their scent is re-
markedly keen, and they are very shy and
timid. We saw many Of their nuts built
up in the branches Of trees before we saw
a person. At last we surprised and sur
rounded a family. man, wife and child,
at their meal. We made a dash for them
and captured them. The parents made
little resistance. but the child fought,
scratchediand bit like q monkey. None
Of them were clothed in anything but
hair. We took them to kjang-Kjaug,
and there the King refused 10 allow the
woman to 20 out Of the country. He had
a superstition that il would bring him
bad luck. She is kept in his court and
treated with high consideration. She ap-
peared 10 have little affection for the child.
and made no opposition 10 its being taken
from her. We started from Bangkok
with the father and child. At stopping
place called Chien--Hay the whole party
was attacked with cholera. The hairy
man and three Of the escort died. The
rest recovered. though Mr.. Book came
very near dying. We landed in Europe
with the child Oct. 1. $50. The child IS
tho child now known as kTaO. We know
BY her teeth that she is 5 years old. She
talks English and German, can read and
write. and has developed the true feminine
love OF fine clothes,
''She is modest, afectiOnate, playful ard
easily managed. Every part Of Der body
is covered with hair except her palms and
s0les. The hair on her forearm grows up
ward, that on her back grows inward to
ward the spine and viii form a sort Of
name, as her father and mother had, when
she grows older. Her forehead is covered
with thick black hair about three-eighths
of an inch long. The hair Of her forehead
is entirely distinct from the hair On her
head. Her hands and feet, though en-
tiTely human in shape, have the prehen-
sile qualities Of a monkeys hand. She
has thirteen dorsal yertebIB and thirteen
pairs Of ribs. ike the chimpauzee, while
we have only twelve. Ard she has
pouches in her mouth in which she carries
nuts and other food like the apes"
At this point the visitor made the remark
which stands at the beginning Of this ar
ticle. Prof. Shelly disappeared for mo-
ment and returned with the child.
The pouches in the mouth were
there, ana in each one Of them was . NJ
bert almost as big as a hickory nut, and
all that the Professor had said about her
was proved true. she talked intelligently
and wrote her own name and her visitors
name on the back Of photograph Of her
self, which she presented TO her caller.
She has been examined by Prof. NirchOw,
Of Berlin University; Prof. Kirchhoff and
Prof. WeIcker, Of Halle University; Prof.
Haeckel, Of Jena; Prof. Lucae, Of Frank
fOrt-On-the-Aain; Prof. Hale, Washing
ton. D. c., and much has been written
about her in the medical and scientific