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gTass, No. 38 ; and the ranunculus aquatilis, No. 234 ; which 

 are all he enumerates in his Prolegomena to that excellent per- 

 formance. 



[Pantologia. Barrington. 



CHAP. VII. 



QUADRUPEDS AND OTHER ANIMALS THAT SUCKLE 

 THEIR YOUNG. 



Mammalia. Linn. 

 SECTION I. 



Orang.Otang. 

 Simia Troglodytes. Linn. 

 \Jf these singular animals, the species which has most excited the 

 attention of mankind is the orang-otang ; or, as it is sometimes 

 called, the satyr, great ape, or man of the woods. It is a native of 

 the warmer parts of Africa and India, as well as of some of the 

 Indian islands, where it resides principally in woods, and is sup- 

 posed to feed, like most others of this genus, on fruits. The orang- 

 otang appears to admit of considerable variety in point of colour, 

 size, and proportions; and there is reason to believe, that, in 

 reality, there may be two r three kinds, which, though nearly ap- 

 proximated as to general similitude, are yet specifically distinct. 

 The specimens imported into Europe have rarely exceeded the 

 height of two or three feet, and were supposed to be young ani- 

 mals ; but it is said that the full. grown ones are, at least, six feet 

 in height. The general colour seems to be dusky or brown ; in 

 some ferruginous or reddish brown, and in others coal-black, with 

 the skin itself white. The face is bare ; the ears, hands, and feet 

 nearly similar to the human, and the whole appearance such as to 

 exhibit the most striking approximation to the human figure. The 

 likeness, however, is only a general one, and the structure of the 

 hands and feet, when examined with anatomical exactness, seems to 

 prove, in the opinion of those most capable of judging with accu- 

 racy on the subject, that the animal was principally designed by 



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