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before dawn, posting sentinels for their security at 

 all times. In captivity they are scarcely corrigible, 

 never truly domesticated, and if they be occasionally 

 tolerated by mankind, they are generally viewed 

 with suspicion, and often with disgust. "We place 

 at their head the great apes, or men of the woods, 

 now divided into two genera. Of these the genus 

 TROGLODYTES, the CHIMPANZEES, are lately placed 

 foremost, although they are nearly destitute of fore- 

 head, and have callosities on the buttocks ; but in 

 that incipient form which may result from constant 

 pressure. When adult, they are little, if at all, in- 

 ferior to man in size, and vastly superior to him in 

 strength ; their hands reach only to the knees, and 

 their hair is black. They live in families, which con- 

 struct a kind of shelter, whither the females retire, 

 or occupy ancient and decayed Adansonia trees, the 

 adult males always residing outside. They are fond 

 of clothes, and use sticks for weapons. These, and 

 other notices of their manners recently made known, 

 render several of the accounts of the older writers 

 respecting them much less incredible. The next in 

 order, is 



PITHECUS. The Orangs, or Men of the Woods, 

 whereof the Jocko, or Pongo, Baron Wurmb's 

 Orang-Ootang, were assumed to be synonyms. It 

 now appears, however, that there are two species, 

 both inhabitants of Borneo, and perhaps of Suma- 

 tra. Both are destitute of callosities and tail, and 

 have very long arms. 



Pithecus satyrus. Adult, with muzzle very 



