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covered with quills, or furnished with wings, that 

 lift them among the inhabitants of the air, on ano- 

 ther, we behold a diversity clothed with scales and 

 ghells, to rank with insects ; and still on a third, we 

 sec them descending into the waters, to live among the 

 mute tenants of that clement. We now come to a 

 numerous tribe, that seem to make approaches even 

 to humanity, that bear an aukward resemblance of 

 the human form, and discover the same faint efforts 

 at intellectual sagacity. 



Animals of the monkey class are furnished with 

 hands instead of paws, their ears, eyes, eye-lids, lips, 

 and breasts, are like those of mankind : their internal 

 conformation also bears some distant likeness; and 

 the whole triers a picture that may mortify the pride 

 of such as make their persons the principal objects of 

 their admirations. 



These approaches, however, are gradual, and some 

 bear the marks of our fornijUiore strongly than others. 



In the Ape-kind we see the whole external ma- 

 chine strongly impressed with the human likeness ; 

 these walk upright ; want a tail, have fleshy posteri- 

 or?, have calves to their legs, and feet nearly like ours. 



In the Baboon. kind, we perceive a more distant 

 approach ; the beast mixing in every part of the 

 animal's figure, these generally go upon all fours; 

 but some, when upright, are as tall as a man : they 

 have short tails, long snouts,, and are possessed of 

 brutal fierceness. 



The Monkey-kind are removed a step further : 

 these are much less ; with tails as long as their bo. 

 dies, and flattish faces. 



Lastly, the Opossum- kind, seem to lose all resem. 

 blance of the human figure, except in having bands, 

 their noses are lengthened out, and every part of 



