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then, seeing it broken, they begin to lament and cry for the 

 loss. 



The Jocko is known by the name of the Chimpanzee. It 

 is the Simia Troglodytes of Linnaeus. From the Oran it dif- 

 fers only in color and stature ; the former being dark brown 

 or blackish, and the latter not exceeding two feet and a half or 

 three feet. It is a native of Angola, Sierra Leone, and some 

 parts of Asia. 



Mr. McLeod gives the following description of an Oran- 

 otang which was brought to England, from Borneo, in 1816, 

 on board the Alceste, when the embassy was returning from 

 its fruitless mission to China : " The Oran-otang, also a na- 

 tive of Borneo (says he), is an animal remarkable not only 

 from being extremely rare, but as possessing, in many respects, 

 a strong resemblance to man. What is technically denomina- 

 ted the cranium, is perfectly human in its appearance ; the 

 shape of the upper part of the head, the forehead, the eyes 

 (which are dark and full), the eyelashes, and, indeed, every 

 thing relating to the eyes and ears, differing in no respect from 

 man. The hair of his head, however, is merely the same 

 which covers his body generally. The nose is very flat, the 

 distance between it and the mouth considerable ; the chin, 

 and, in fact, the whole of the lower jaw, is very large, and his 

 teeth, twenty-six in number, are strong. The lower part of 

 his face is what may be termed an ugly or caricature likeness 

 of the human countenance. The position of the scapulae, or 

 shoulder-blades, the general form of the shoulders and breasts, 

 as well as the figure of the arms, the elbow joint especially, 

 and the hands, strongly continue the resemblance. The me- 

 tacarpal, or that part of the hand immediately above the fin- 

 gers, is somewhat elongated ; and, by the thumb being thrown 

 a little higher up, nature seems to have adapted the hand to 

 his mode of life, and given him the power of grasping more 

 effectually the branches of trees. 



" He is corpulent about the abdomen, or, in common phrase, 

 rather pot-bellied, looking like one of those figures of Bacchus, 

 often seen riding on casks : but whether this is his natural 



