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furnished with greater instinct than any other animal of the 

 brute creation. When the Negroes make a fire in the woods, 

 this animal comes near and warms himself by the blaze : he 

 has not, however, skill enough to keep the flame alive by 

 feeding it with fuel. They go together in companies, and if 

 they happen to meet with one of the human species, remote 

 from succor, they show him no mercy. They even attack the 

 elephant, which they beat with their clubs, and oblige to leave 

 that part of the forest which they claim as their own. It is 

 impossible to take any of these creatures alive, they are so 

 strong. None of this kind, therefore, are taken, except when 

 very young, and then but rarely, when the female happens to 

 leave them behind ; for, in general, they cling to the breast, 

 and adhere both with legs and arms. There are two kinds of 

 this animal, both very much resembling the human race 

 the Pongo, which is taller and thicker than a man ; and the 

 Jocko, whose size is much smaller," &c. " The Apes of Gui- 

 nea (says Bosnian), which are called Smitten by the Flemings, 

 are of a brown color, and grown to a very large size. I have 

 seen some above five feet tall : these Apes are of a very disa- 

 greeable appearance, as well as those of another kind, which 

 resemble them in every particular, excepting in size, which is 

 a fourth part less than that of the former : they are very easily 

 taught to do almost whatever their masters please." Schouten 

 says, " that the animals which the Indians call Oran-otangs, 

 are almost all of the same height and shape as mankind, but 

 that their back and loins are covered with hair, of which, how- 

 ever, there is a deficiency in the fore part of the body ; that 

 the females have two breasts ; that the face is rough, the nose 

 flat, and the ears like those of a man ; that they are robust, 

 active, bold, and defend themselves even against armed men ; 

 that they are passionately fond of women, and that there is no 

 safety for them in passing through the woods they inhabit, as 

 these animals immediately attack and injure them." To these 

 testimonies we may add that of M. de la Bresse, mentioned in 

 his Voyage to Angola. This traveller assures us, " that the 

 Oran-otangs, which he calls Quimpeazes, often attempt to 



