36 LECTURE II. 



Linnaeus into seven orders. The first of these 

 orders is entitled Primates, as containing the chiefs 

 of the Creation. Its characters are, four front or 

 cutting teeth above and below ; and one canine or 

 sharpened tooth on each side these. The feet are 

 formed with a resemblance of hands y and the nails 

 are more or less ovate in shape. Most of the 

 order feed chiefly on vegetable substances. In 

 a merely zoological view, the Human kind stands 

 at the head of this order, forming the Linnaean 

 genus Homo. Of the human species it can only 

 be necessary here to observe, that it is strongly 

 allied in the general structure of the body to a 

 race of animals by no means calculated for flatter- 

 ing us by the resemblance. 



The leading characters of the genus Simia, 

 comprehending the whole race of Apes, Baboons, 

 and Monkeys, are, that the teeth have the same 

 disposition and general form as the Human teeth ; 

 i. e. that there are four flattish front teeth both 

 above and below, a sharpened or canine tooth at 

 some distance on each side these, and several 

 grinders beyond : the feet also have a general re- 

 semblance to hands, and in most species are fur- 

 nished with nails rather than claws. 



