14 THE MAX-LIKE APES. i 



Although fully appreciating the resemblances be- 

 tween his Pygmie and Man, Tyson by no means 

 overlooked the differences between the two, and 

 he concludes his memoir by summing up first, the 

 points in which " the Ourang-outang or Pygmie 

 more resembled a Man than Apes and Monkeys 

 do/ 7 under forty-seven distinct heads; and then 

 giving, in thirty-four similar brief paragraphs, the 

 respects in which " the Ourang-outang or Pygmie 

 differ'd from a man and resembled more the Ape 

 and Monkey kind." 



After a careful survey of the literature of the 

 subject extant in his time, our author arrives at 

 the conclusion that his " Pygmie " is identical 

 neither with the Orangs of Tulpius and Bontius, 

 nor with the Quoias Morrou of Dapper (or rather 

 of Tulpius), the Barris of d'Arcos, nor with the 

 Pongo of Battell; but that it is a species of ape 

 probably identical with the Pygmies of the An- 

 cients, and, says Tyson, though it " does so much 

 resemble a Man in many of its parts, more than 

 any of the ape kind, or any other animal in the 

 world, that I know of: yet by no means do I look 

 upon it as the product of a mixt generation — 'tis a 



•this interseting relic to my knowledge. Tyson's grand- 

 daughter, it appears, married Dr. Allardyce, a physician 

 of repute in Cheltenham, and brought, as part of her 

 dowry, the skeleton of the " Pygmie.'' Dr. Allardyce pre- 

 sented it to the Cheltenham Museum, and, through the 

 good ollices of my friend Dr. Wright, the authorities of 

 the Museum have permitted me to borrow, what is, per- 

 haps, its most remarkable ornament. 



