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position of matter will give mind ; and that the 

 body, how nicely soever formed, is formed in 

 vain, when there is not infused a soul to direct 

 its operations. 



Having thus taken a comparative view of this 

 creature with man, what follows may be neces- 

 sary to complete the general description. This 

 animal was very hairy all behind, from the head 

 downwards ; and the hair so thick, that it covered 

 the skin almost from being seen : but in all parts 

 before, the hair was much thinner, the skin every- 

 where appeared, and in some places it was almost 

 bare. When it went on all fours, as it was some- 

 times seen to do, it appeared all hairy ; when it 

 went erect, it appeared before less hairy, and 

 more like a man. Its hair, which in this particu- 

 lar animal was black, much more resembled that 

 of men than the fur of brutes ; for, in the latter, 

 besides their long hair, there is usually a finer 

 and shorter intermixed : but in the ourang 

 outang it was all of a kind ; only about the pubes 

 the hair was greyish, seemed longer, and some- 

 what different ; as also on the upper lip and chin, 

 where it was greyish, like the hair of a beard. 

 The face, hands, and soles of the feet, were with- 

 out hair, and so was most part of the forehead ; 

 but down the sides of the face the hair was thick, 

 it being there about an inch and a half long, 

 which exceeded that on any other part of the 

 body. In the palms of its hands were remarkable 

 those lines which are usually taken notice of in 

 palmistry ; and, at the tips of the fingers, those 

 spiral lines observed in man. The palms of the 



