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ners at home, have been as much struck with 

 their patient, pliant, imitative dispositions ; with 

 their appearance and conformation so nearly hu- 

 man. Of the smallest sort of these animals we 

 have had several, at different times, brought into 

 this country, all nearly alike ; but that observed 

 by Dr Tyson is the best known, having been 

 described with the greatest exactness. 



The animal which was described by that learned 

 physician, was brought from Angola in Africa, 

 where it had been taken in the internal parts of 

 the country, in company with a female of the 

 same kind, that died by the way. The body was 

 covered with hair, which was of a coal-black 

 colour, more resembling human hair than that of 

 brutes. It bore a still stronger similitude in its 

 different lengths ; for in those places where it is 

 longest on the human species, it was also longest 

 in this ; as on the head, the upper lip, the chin, 

 and the pubes. The face was like that of a man, 

 the forehead larger, and the head round. The 

 upper and lower jaw were not so prominent as in 

 monkeys, but flat, like those of a man. The ears 

 were like those of a man in most respects ; and 

 the teeth had more resemblance to the human 

 than those of any other creature. The bendings 

 of the arms and legs wre just the same as in a 

 man ; and, in short, the animal, at first view, 

 presented a figure entirely human. 



In order to discover its differences, it was ne- 

 cessary to make a closer survey ; and then the 

 imperfections of its form began to appear. The 

 first obvious difference was in the flatness of the 



