species. They are an active, lively, and mischievous 

 race of animals, full of grimace and frolicsome gam- 

 bols, fond of imitating human actions, prying and in- 

 quisitive, restless and troublesome, and exceedingly 

 addicted to thieving. They sit upon their posteriors, 

 but never walk erect 



THFOURANG-OLTANG, OR WILD MAN OF THE WOODS, 



is found in the interior parts of Africa, in Madagas- 

 car, and in some parts of the East-Indies; but the isle 

 of Borneo is the place where it chiefly abounds. It 

 avoids mankind, and resides only in the most solitary 

 deserts. As this animal is the largest of all the ape 

 kind, it also bears the nearest resemblance to the hu- 

 man form. Some of this species are said to exceed 

 six feet in height. They are active, strong, and in- 

 trepid. They live wholly on fruits, nuts, and other 

 spontaneous productions of the warm countries which 

 they inhabit. 



Several of these animals have been brought to Eu- 

 rope; but having been taken very young, it is proba- 

 ble that the coolness of the climate both softens their 

 fierceness, and obstructs their growth, and none have 

 been seen in these parts of (ho world which exceeded 

 five feet in height. Dr. Tyson, a learned physician 

 and naturalist, gives an accurate description of onu of 

 the species which was brought from Angola into this 

 country; and in order to enable you to form an idea 

 of this extraordinary animal, I shall delineate it in 

 the words of that gentleman: 



" The body was entirely covered with hair, the 

 colour of which was perfectly black, and the texture 

 of it bore a greater resemblance to the human than to 

 that of the brute : that which grew upon the head and 

 the chin was considerably longer than the rest. The 

 face was like that of a man, the forehead longer, and 

 the head round : the upper and lower jaws were not 

 BO prominent as in monkies but flat like that of the 

 human race : the ears and teeth had, likewise, a 

 greater similitude to the man than the brute: the 

 bending of the arms and legs were the same : and iu 

 t|ic whole figure of the animal an affinity might be 



