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" by the natives), were her conftant drink. She would often drink 

 *' a tumbler glafs of wine and water, and always put the glafs foft- 

 •' ly down on its bottom, and never broke one* She was very fond 

 *' of the girls and boys, but more particularly of the latter, and 

 ' *' would weep and cry like a child when (he was vexed ; but never 

 *' fliewed any figns of great ferocity, and was eafily appeafed. I 

 " gave her a blanket for a bed, which (he would take great paina 

 *' to fpread in fuch a manner as to make it fmooth and eafy, and 

 " then would lie down. She always flept with her hands (if I may 

 " ufe the exprefllon) under her head, and would fnore when afleep, 

 " refembling the human fpecies. She lived three months, and died 

 " of the dyfentery. 



" The following is the information I have been able to colled 

 " from the inhabitants of Africa, where I have been, on whofe ve- 

 ** racity we cannot altogether depend ; but having compared diffe- 

 " rent accounts, I always found them in a great meafure to corre- 

 " fpond. 



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That they have been feen in feparate great bodies, attacking each 

 " other with fticks with great animofity. That they generally build 

 " their nefts or houfes together in great numbers, a fingle Ourang 

 " Outang being but feldom or never feen feparately. That they 

 " often have been known to beat and bruife the negroes, and even 

 " to kill them, when fired at by them. That the common fize of 

 " an Ourang Outang is from five and half to fix feet. That they 

 " have great ftrengiii \n their arms, and run with great agility. 

 *' That they have a kind of chattering guttural noife they make, 

 " but whether they can communicate their ideas or not to each o- 

 " ther, 1 cannot fay ; but it is the received opinion among the na- 

 " tives that they can. That dead Ourang Outangs have been found 

 " covered with leaves of trees, but whether from accident or defign 

 ** could not be afcertained. — This is what Informatioa I could ac- 



" quire- 



