uncertaintimes:

monstrous races and exotic tribes

Fig. 1 cynocephalus
Fig. 2 homo magnis auribus (panotii or long-eared man)
Fig. 3 Astomus (mouthless)
Fig. 4 Arimaspus sive monoculus (Cyclop)
Fig. 5 Blemmius (blemmyae)
Fig. 6 homo cum aversis plantis (with backward feet)
The tribe of Scythians, whom Pliny describes as having their feet turned backwards—”aversis post crura plantis”—are extraordinarily swift runners.

“Specula physico-mathematico-historica….” by Johann Zahn, 1696.