The World of Wonders a Record of Things Wonderful in Nature Science And Art
The World of Wonders a Record of Things Wonderful in Nature Science And Art
John B Tanner
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1793, we are informed that rare appearances were noticed in the air about the end of November and the beginning of Decem- ber, 1792. The country people called these very uncommon sights by the appellation of "dragons. " They had " a red fiery colour, " we are told ; ap- peared first in the north, and then flew rapidly in an easterly direction. Many people regarded such phenomena with terror, whilst others considered that they were the sure harbingers of fierce winds and boisterous weather, and ...their suppositions proved correct. MEN WITH TAILS. Colonel du Corret, a French traveller, in a report to the French Academy of Science, gave the following account of his inquiries into the existence of such a race, which has been often questioned : — " 1 inhabited Mecca in 1842, and being often at the house of an Emir with whom I was intimate, I spoke to him of the Ghilane race, and told him how much the Europeans doubted of the existence of men with tails — the vertebral column elongated externally.
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