The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-19
Missing Link is
Found in India
Special to The Globe.

and arboreaI man at that, has proba
bly, just been discovered by Thomas
w. Weber, forest surveyor for the
Northwest provinces Of India.
If man is descended from the mon
key, as the foremost thinkers of the
day assume, we must look for the ear
lest specimens of him not in prehis-
toric caves or mound dwellings,, but In
the natural haunt of the simian. the
forests, where by his agility and cum
ming he could dwell and escape the fe-
rocious beasts inhabiting the earth in
early times.
The last discovery, therefore, is pre-
hensile-toed man. being who can
stand or hang on to- the topmost
branches of a tree with the facility of
an ape and who although entirely hu-
man has all the traits supposable in
descendant of simian ancestry.
According to Mr.. Weber this odd
race of jungle men" are supposed to
be the remnants of the indigenous in
haDltants of prehistoric times They
are known in one district as Sahari-
vans and do not live in any one viii
lage, but in bamboo nests which they
build in the forks of trees cleverIy con-
cealed from sight by the foliage or by
artificial methods.
They are a poor, half-starved, and
very black race, living on q very small
grain, kind of millet. They can cut
down the largest trees with their small
hatchets. But they are & monkey-lile
race, and prefer to cut off the branch
es climbing with prehensile toes like
apes. 1t is astonishing to see a man
standing upright at the top of a lofty
tree, grasping the boughs with his feet
only and taking a view over the sur
rounding country to mark the direction
ne wishes to go. 1 have had guides
through the forests who occasionally
went through this performance where
the jungle was very thick and the view
obstructed. They make remarkable
guides, and their tracking powers are
unerring"
Specimens of these people are II nos
sible, to be secured for exhibition in Lon
don and also for the Worlds fair at St
Louis. One Of the peculiarities of the
race Is that they live entirely upon nuts
hefps and roots. The hair on the backs
OF their hands and the tops of their
Ieet Is as thick as that on some types of
a sadlt1il ihey nave exceedingly low end
recedlng foreheads from the middle of
"hlch the hair grows thick straight and
upright, While the beard Is disposed ro,,ns
lIle 1ace like the hair of a chfmnanzea
Like monkeys, they are gregarious and
nave whole villages in the treetoDs con-
hected by entwining branches aud other
arooreal arrangements Spreeenting the
necessity OF descent to the ground
1hey are, as rule. hocile and ex-
o Ieiiiely shy and have no idea or religious
observance of any kind; In fact the tvne
beeIIS TO be little abnva no
erage monkey -
MI weber has been unable to make
very extensive observations of these tree
men, but says that he believes the bony
structure Of the lower spine of the Sa.
ilarlyans will be found of a nature sug-
geSStlng the recent disappearance of a eau
dal appendage. "a g =" u
- me eyolutions performed by these men
~, ~ ne forest are equal to any that the
iiii'piilheyS make, and their agility is aston,
m I3iitts 40 ,ahey run on all fours with as
positions and their manners ra $50 o III
81 oio SEQ OF animals as much as they do those
is assumed that the country ubera
me tree,men live may actually have been
NE, ne GradIe OF the human race It is n
SO far dir region IN many respects, and not
~ iW+a Lar 4lstaht from the mysterious Thibet
INTO whose confines Mr.S1gWebber aIso
passed in his travels. ." ''i'o
,,, Hit9tHer queer people discovered by this
t cas- tribe existing In the jungIes Of
me me G 3,ll northern provinces They are
rnnad ID i51Jalas, corresponding to the Eu-
ropean +; Z1ngart or gypsies OF them he
says: They are met travelling with carts re
uonkeys, ponies and always dogs OF that
S own peculiar breed: as swift as grey
tioGIl9S, ana powerful jawed colra geoiIs
ana herce. The Brinjaras are said TO eat
anythlng they can devour, jackaTs flesh
PREFERABLE pi,e which their dogs easily pro
W. In the upper valleys of the HimaIayan
Valleys Were found the ugliest people vet ct.
s rney nag nag Mongol type of face with
sIn mai silt shaped eyes.
Coming to our tents" saws Mr. ~weh-
per, III his forthcoming book. "thev mt
t t comical faces inside to look at our
tent gear, at which they laughed eu and
1abbered in new and stransa ,ia anu
which we were told was the Hunia Ian ;,
guage-the language of the Huns. the
Hu ns w Rfhrnaps as that spoken BY the
dAslastic world 400 years b, c.. and &c
zoo 20 coo ihqrsemen oyerran Europe to the he
g 6ains OF Rome io in the fifth century A. D.,
OOSlIlS at last defeated at the gates OF
ShaIonS. The Hungarians claim to be
descended from the Huns. Their Ian
suage and features are, however, opposite
as the poles to those of the Huns and
IN TACT, the Huns who conquered the
COINS passed on westward and were de-
! TTSbaee a, ana lost among European races.
me plahch or the Huns which was driven
south by other Tartar races. no donbt
was stopped by the Himalayas, and nreI
ieIIlng tneSe Wllds and a nomadic life
mas remained In this inhospitable country
ever since. In any case it is marked cor.
fectly in most modern Aliases as Bundes
are called Hunias. P00Pio
Not only does this queer land seem to
be the home Of strange human. but in
lhese painless jungles may be found an
reptiles. - 10 '--0'
The fortunate traveller: was more in
ttereSted III the Wild horse which he found
IN large quantities near the Thibetan
boundary than IN any of the more scarce
types. OF anlmals found in these remote
Here for the first time we saw tho
kaing or wild horse. Several herds
came to look at us as We
marched and galloped around neigh
ing and kicking up, but kept af a
respectful distance. They have big ugly
heads. and tails and ears like a mule s.
ana ana a black stripe down the back color,
Ight bay. with white noses. They have
me tree action in trot and gallop, and
are fourteen to fifteen hands high, strong
In the legs and heavy in the BODY.
We were welcomed by the neighine Of
numerous wild horses to the land of the
kiang. "a '--o
Severe. herds kept o.rcling round. the
old stations approaching in a quite
threatening manner. sporting, suuealing,
and kicking up their heels, while the
mares an and foaIs galloped off at a more
respectful distance. I" There was a
herd of kiang which careeAed about our
camp in a most objectionable way, max
ing the most fearful disturbances. We
witnessed a battle royai between two
stations, which for ferocity and wicked
fury surpassed anv fobt r have Coon