MONSTRORUM
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the girl's face was hairy, including her forehead, except for her nostrils and the lips around her mouth. The hair on her forehead was longer and coarser compared to the hair on her cheeks, which was softer to the touch. The rest of her body, and especially her back, was shaggy and covered in yellow hair down to the top of her loins. Her throat, chest, hands, and arms were bare of hair, while other parts of her body were rough, resembling the skin of birds that have not yet fledged.

One should not necessarily conclude that the bodies of all "wild" people must be entirely covered in hair. In fact, according to the Jesuit Eusebius, wild people have been seen in both the East and the West—including the Americas—who are born from the womb fair, clear-skinned, and smooth, just like our own infants. Even if hair grows extensively on certain parts of the body as time passes, it does not mean they must be considered hairy all over.

A hairy girl of eight years, the sister of the other.

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