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THE MAN-LIKE APES. 



the eyebrows; the nose very small, the mouth wide, and 

 the lips thin. The face, which is covered by a white skin, 

 is monstrously ugly, being all over wrinkled as with old 

 age; the teeth broad and yellow; the hands have no more 

 hair than the face, bui the same white skin, though all 

 the rest of the body is covered with long black hair, like 

 a bear. They never go upon all-fours, like apes; but cry, 

 when vexed or teased, just like children 



Fig. 5. — Facsimile of William Smith's figure of the " Man- 

 drill," 1744. 



" When I was at Sherbro, one Mr, Cummerbus, whom 

 I shall have occasion hereafter to mention, made me a 

 present of one of these strange animals, which are called 

 by the natives Boggoe: it was a she-cub, of six months' 

 age, but even then larger than a Baboon. I gave it in 

 charge to one of the slaves, who knew how to feed and 

 nurse it, being a very tender sort of animal ; but when- 

 ever I went off the deck the sailors began to teaze it— 



