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evident that the old Chimpanzee acquired a size 

 and aspect as different from those of the young 

 known to Tyson, to BufTon, and to Traill, as those 

 of the old Orang from the young Orang ; and the 

 subsequent very important researches of Messrs. 

 Savage and Wyman, the American missionary 

 and anatomist, have not only confirmed this con- 

 clusion, but have added many new details. 1 



One of the most interesting among the many 

 valuable discoveries made by Dr. Thomas Savage 

 is the fact, that the natives in the Gaboon country 

 at the present day, apply to the Chimpanzee a 

 name^-" Enche-eko " which is" obviously identi- 

 cal with the "Engeko " of Battell ; a discovery 

 which has been confirmed by all later inquirers. 

 Battell's " lesser monster " being thus proved to 

 be a veritable existence, of course a strong pre- 

 sumption arose that his "greater monster," the 

 " Pongo," would sooner or later be discovered. 

 And, indeed, a modern traveller, Bowdich, had, in 

 1819, found strong evidence, among the natives, 

 of the existence of a second great Ape, called the 

 " Ingena," " five feet high, and four across the 

 shoulders/' the builder of a rude house, on the 

 outside of which it slept. 



1 See " Observations on the external characters and habits of 

 the Troglodytes niger, by Thomas N. Savage, M.D., and on its 

 organization, by Jeffries Wyman, M.D.," Boston Journal of 

 Natural History, vol. iv. 1843-4 ; and " External characters, 

 habits, and osteology of Troglodytes Gorilla," by the same 

 authors ; ibid, vol. v. 1847. 



