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in mind and body, and particularly as to his mind, by which, 

 as I have obferved, Arlftotle has chiefly diftinguiflied animals: 

 For I have fliewn that he has the fenfe of what is decent and be- 

 coming *, which is peculiar to man, and diftinguifhes him from the 

 brute as much as any thing elfe. And he has a fenfe of honour, 

 which is really furprifmg, and fuch as is not to be found in many 

 men among us ; for he canno: bear to be expofed as a fhovv, nor to be 

 laughed at ; and travellers mention example? o'c Come uf them having 

 died of vexation, for being fo treated f. He has alfo the feeling of 

 humanity in a ftrong degree ; and a fenfe of juRice, as is evident, 

 from a remarkable example given ijl. Further, he has made fone 

 progrefs in the arts of life; for he builds huts §, and he has got -^ae 

 ufe of a flick for attacking or defending, which, as Horace obferves |, 

 was the firft artificial weapon man ufed, after he had cealed to 

 ufe his native weapons, his nails and fifts. He has learned alfo the 

 ufe of fire H, which is more than the inhabitants of the Ladrone 

 Iflands had learned, when they were difcovered by the Portuguefe i 

 and laftly, he buries his dead **. 



D 2 Thus 



vol. Ill of this work, and particularly what I have there ftated from a French Book 

 of Travels, lately publiflied, where there Is a faft related, p. 360. which, if true, puts 

 an end to the queftion, viz. that the Ourang Outang not only copulates with females 

 of our fpecies, and produces children, but that the offspring of that copulation does 

 likewife produce. 



• Vol. I. of Origin of Language, 2d edit. p. 273. 279. and 291. From which 

 paflages, it appears, that both the males and females there mentioned bad a fenfe of 

 modefty, which made them conceal their nudities. 



f Ibid. p. 282—284. 



:|- Ibid. p. 204.— 288. 



§ Ibid. p. 274. — 277.-283. 



H Sertnotiutn, lib. I. Sat. 3. 



^ Origin of Language, p. 285. 



»• Ibid. p. 274. 



