ANIMATED NATURE. 



CLASS I. MAMMIFEROUS ANIMALS, 



Or, Quadrupeds and Whales. 



ORDER I. PRIMATES. 



1. APE TRIBE. 



OF all the races of created beings, there are none which, 

 in their general form and structure, so nearly approach 

 mankind, as the Apes. In sagacity and intelligence, 

 however, they are greatly inferior to many others, par- 

 ticularly to the elephants and beavers. They are a nu- 

 merous and most agile family : several of the species 

 are savage and disgusting in their manners : and nearly 

 all of them are passionate, imitative, and mischievous. 

 They are usually arranged by naturalists into three 

 divisions, consisting of Apes properly so called, Baboons, 

 and Monkeys ; the Apes having no tails, the Baboons 

 short tails, and the Monkeys long ones. 



Apes. 



Oran Otan. In the Island of Borneo, and in several 

 of the uninhabited parts of Africa, the Oran Otan is 

 occasionally found. Some of these animals are taller, 

 stronger, and much more powerful than men. They 

 reside in woods, and sleep in the trees, the branches of 

 which they form into a kind of arbour, for the purpose 

 of defence against the periodical rains, which, in those 



