. Sea and land [microform] : an illustrated history of the wonderful and curious things of nature existing before and since the deluge ... : being a natural history of the sea illustrated by stirring adventures with whales ... : also a natural history of land-creatures such as lions, ... : to which is appended a description of the cannibals and wild races of the world, their customs, habits, ferocity and curious ways. Zoology; Natural history; Zoologie; Sciences naturelles. SEA AND LAND. midst of them ; and as for Rebouka and Igalo (the guides), thevan- peared to be colossal. ' Ya I ya I yo !
. Sea and land [microform] : an illustrated history of the wonderful and curious things of nature existing before and since the deluge ... : being a natural history of the sea illustrated by stirring adventures with whales ... : also a natural history of land-creatures such as lions, ... : to which is appended a description of the cannibals and wild races of the world, their customs, habits, ferocity and curious ways. Zoology; Natural history; Zoologie; Sciences naturelles. SEA AND LAND. midst of them ; and as for Rebouka and Igalo (the guides), thevan- peared to be colossal. ' Ya I ya I yo ! yo ! ye ! qui I quo 1 oh I ah • n In ! ke ! k.! ke ! ki! ' seemed to be the oulv sounds they could make ,n their excitement. Their appearance was singular indevcl the larger number of them being of a dirty yellow color. A few of them were not more than four feet in height. But if they were short m size, they were stoutly built; like chimpanzees, they had hi- broad chests, and, though their legs were small, they were musculur and strong. Their arms were also strong in proportion to their size Ihere were gray-headed men, and gray-headed, wrinkled old women among them, and very hideous the old dwarfs were. Their features resembled very closely those of the chimpanzee. Some had crmy others hazel eyes, while the eyes of a few were black. ° ' - As I have said before, their hair was not like that of the ne<rroes among whom the dwarfs live, but grew in little short tufts apart from each other, and the hair, after attaining a certain length, could not grow longer. These little tufts looked like so many balls of wool. Many of the men had their chests and legs covered with these little tufts of wooly hair. The women's hair was no longer than that of the , and it grew in the same manner. ?' Aftei' I had given them beads, I took out a looking-glass, which I had nidden, and put it in front of them. Immediately they trembled with fright, and said, ' Spirit, don't kill us I'and turn
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