Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients
Contributors: Bertram C. A. Windle (Editor)
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: April 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780766149373
Subjects: Biological anthropology; Sociology; Social Science; Anthropology - Physical
First sentence: HAVING had the Opportunity of Dissecting this remarkable Creature, which not only in the outward Shape of the Body, but likewise in the structure of many of the Inward Parts, so nearly resembles a Man, as plainly appears by the Anatomy I have here given of it, it suggested the Thought to me, whether this sort of Animal, might not give the Foundation to the Stories of the Pygmies?