[Illustration: FRONT VIEW.]
[Illustration: BACK VIEW.]
[Illustration: FRONT VIEW.]
[Illustration: BACK VIEW.]
The accompanying illustrations represent specimens of the mandragora
(mandrake) root, which is found in some parts of Asia Minor and Syria.
Many of these roots take the form of human beings, especially from the
hips downward, and all have more or less the shape of a man or woman;
one of the specimens resembling a woman carrying a child under each arm.
The peasants relate that when the roots are pulled up out of the ground
they utter cries or shrieks like a person in pain. The roots are still
used for spells and other witchcraft. For these specimens we are
indebted to Mr. A. Caillard, Ramleh, Alexandria, Egypt.
[Illustration: CLOAKS AND]
[Illustration: OVER COATS OF ALL TIME]
[Illustration: THE HUNTER AND THE BIRD.]