A HUMAN CURIOSITY.
New York, February 6th. — In the parlor of the Ashland House lately Little Krao, who has been christened " Darwin's missing link," held her first reception in this city, her visitors being principally physicians and newspaper men. Krao is a member of tbe race known as the " Tree Dwellers of Laos," and was captured three years ago. She was five years old at the time' She has learned to talk English and German fairly well. The most peculiar feature ol Krao is the luxuriant growth of black, glossy hair, which fall*} in long tresses Irom her head and covers her body almost completely with a hairy envelope about one inch in thickness. Only on the palms of her hands and feet is the grayish-yel-low skin uncovered. These have all the peculiarities of the same members of a well-developed ape. The fingers are so flexible they can be bent backward so that the ends rest on the back of the hand without causing pain, and can be twisted in every direction like the feet of a monkey, the nose of this singular specimen is devoid of cartillages, as the ears, which are eituated farther buck in the head than in the higher race. She is the only member of tbe/Tree Dwellers ever brought to this country.
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Bruce Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 1753, 28 May 1886, Page 5
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217A HUMAN CURIOSITY. Bruce Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 1753, 28 May 1886, Page 5
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