Остров доктора Моро
Concerning the Beast Folk.
ThetwomostformidableAnimalMenweremyLeopard-manandacreaturemadeofhyenaandswine.Largerthanthesewerethethreebull-creatureswhopulledintheboat.Thencamethesilvery-hairy-man,whowasalsotheSayeroftheLaw,M’ling,andasatyr-likecreatureofapeandgoat.TherewerethreeSwine-menandaSwine-woman,amare-rhinoceros-creature,andseveralotherfemaleswhosesourcesIdidnotascertain.Therewereseveralwolf-creatures,abear-bull,andaSaint-Bernard-man.IhavealreadydescribedtheApe-man,andtherewasaparticularlyhateful(andevil-smelling)oldwomanmadeofvixenandbear,whomIhatedfromthebeginning.ShewassaidtobeapassionatevotaryoftheLaw.Smallercreatureswerecertaindappledyouthsandmylittlesloth-creature.Butenoughofthiscatalogue.
AtfirstIhadashiveringhorrorofthebrutes,feltalltookeenlythattheywerestillbrutes;butinsensiblyIbecamealittlehabituatedtotheideaofthem,andmoreoverIwasaffectedbyMontgomery’sattitudetowardsthem.Hehadbeenwiththemsolongthathehadcometoregardthemasalmostnormalhumanbeings.HisLondondaysseemedaglorious,impossiblepasttohim.OnlyonceinayearorsodidhegotoAricatodealwithMoreau’sagent,atraderinanimalsthere.HehardlymetthefinesttypeofmankindinthatseafaringvillageofSpanishmongrels.
