452 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



THE ORAN-QUTANG, OR WILD MAN 

 OF THE WOODS. 



(Simia Satyrus, Linn. Le Pongo, Buff.) 



Is the largest of all the Ape kind, and makes the 

 nearest approach to the human figure. One of this 

 kind, dissected by Dr. Tyson, has been very accu- 

 rately described by him. The principal external 

 differences pointed out by that learned physician, 

 consisted in the great length of the arms, and short- 

 ness of the thighs ; the thumb is also much smaller, 

 and the palm of the hand longer and narrower, than 

 in man ; the form of the feet is very dissimilar, the 

 toes being much longer, and the large toe placed at 

 a greater distance from the others ; the forehead is 



