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« two hind-feet ; that they pound any fubfliances in a mor- 

 « tar •, that they go to bring water from the river in fmall 

 « pitchers, which they carry full on their heads. But, when 



< they arrive at the door, if the pitchers are not foon taken 



< off, they allov/ them to fall ; and^ when they perceive the 

 ■ ' pitcher overturned and broken, they weep and lament*.' 

 With regard to the education of thefe animals, the teftimony 

 of Schoutton correfponds v/ith that of Pyrard. « They are 

 « taken,' fays he, « with fnares, taught to walk on their hind- 



< feet, and' to ufe their fore-feet as hands in performing dif- 

 « ferent operations, as rinfing glafTes, carrying drink round 



* the company, turning a fpit,' &c. f Guat informs us, that 

 he * faw at Java a very extraordinary ape. It was a female. 

 « She was very tall, and often walked ere6L on her hind-feet. 



< On thefe occafions, fhe concealed with her hands the parts 

 « which diftinguifh the fex. She made her bed very neatly 

 « every day, lay upon her fide, and covered herfelf with the 

 « bed-clothes. AVhen her head ached, fhe bound it up with 

 « her handkerchief *, and it was amufing to fee her thus 

 « hooded in bed. I could relate many other little articles 



< which appeared to be extremely fingular. But I admired 

 '^ them not fo much as the multitude ; becaufe, as I knew the 

 « delign of bringing her to Europe to be exhibited as a fhew, 



< I was inclined to think that fhe had been fm/ght many of 



* thefe monkey tricks, which the people confidered as being 

 « natural to the animal. She died in our fhip, about the lati- 

 « tude of the Cape of Good Hope. The figure of this ape 

 « had a very great refemblance to that of manf .' 



We have now enumerated the principal fadls regarding 

 this extraordinary animal, which have been related by voyag- 

 ers of credit, and by thofe who have feen and examined him in 



* Voyages de Francois Pyrard, torn. 2. page 331. 

 f Voyages de Schoutton aux Indes Orientales. 

 t Voyages de Fran, Ic Guat, torn. %. page 96. 



