ANIMALS OF THE 



The animal next to these, and to be placed in 

 the same class, is the Ape, properly so called, or 

 the Pithekos of the ancients. This is much less 

 than the former, being not above a foot and a 

 half high, but walks erect, is without a tail, and 

 is easily tamed. 



Of this kind also is the Gibbon, so called by 

 Buffon, or the Long-armed Ape, which is a very 

 extraordinary and remarkable creature. It is of 

 different sizes, being from two feet to four feet 

 high. It walks erect, is without a tail, has a face 

 resembling that of a man, with a circle of bushy 

 hair all round the visage ; its eyes are large, and 

 sunk in its head ; its face tanned, and its ears 

 exactly proportioned. But that in which it chief- 

 ly differs from all others of the monkey tribe is 

 the extraordinary length of its arms, which, when 

 the animal stands erect, are long enough to reach 

 the ground ; so that it can walk upon all-fours, 

 and yet keep its erect posture at the same time. 

 This animal, next to the ourang outang and the 

 ape, most nearly resembles mankind, not only 

 in form, but in gentle manners and tractable 

 disposition. It is a native of the East Indies, 

 and particularly found along the coasts of Coro- 

 mandel. 



The last of the ape kind is the Cynocephalus, 

 or the Magot of Buffon. This animal wants a 

 tail, like the former, although there is a small 

 protuberance at that part, which yet is rather 

 formed by the skin than the bone. It differs also 

 in having a large callous red rump. The face 

 is prominent, and approaches more to that of 



