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One day it came to pass that strange-looking apes, called by the human beings of the forest "men of the woods," came to the same part of the forest to find food. They are called "men of the woods" because their resemblance to human beings is striking. They are very ugly, but they themselves think they are very good looking,-in fact, the handsomest creatures in the forest.
These men of the woods live in the deepest and gloomiest part of the great forest, for they shun open places and the presence of human beings, with their noise. The different species or varieties are called nginas, nshiegos, mbouvés, nkengos, kooloo-kambas. Every one of these has a language of its own, distinct from the others.