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compose itself to sleep in a proper manner." Buffon gives a similar 

 account of the one (a male) which he saw in Paris, in the year 1740.* 



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The third individual, a female, was brought, in 1818, from the banks 

 of the Gaboon. Dr. Traill, who dissected it, states, from the information 

 of Captain Payne, in whose vessel the animal had been conveyed from the 

 Isle of Princes, in the Gulf of Guinea, to Liverpool, that, when first taken 

 on board, " it shook hands with some of the sailors, but refused its hand, 

 with marks of anger, to others, without any apparent cause. It speedily, 

 however, became familiar with the crew, except one boy, to whom it was 

 never reconciled. When the seamen's mess was brought on deck, it was 

 a constant attendant ; would go round and embrace each person, while it 

 uttered loud yells, and then seat itself among them to share the repast. 

 When angry, it sometimes made a barking noise like a Dog ; at other 



* The male observed by Buffon, he says, " always walked upright on his two feet, even when carrying 

 heavy articles. His air was melancholy, his deportment grave, his movements measured, his temper 

 mild, and quite different from that of the other Simiae ; he displayed neither the impatience of the 

 Magot, the wickedness of the Baboon, nor the extravagance of the Guenons. He had been, one may say, 

 perhaps, instructed and well taught. The others I have just cited, and compared with him, had also their 

 education : but while a sign or a word was sufficient to direct our Orang-outang, a cudgel was required 

 for the Baboon, and a whip for the Guenons, which nothing but blows scarcely could render obedient. 

 I have seen this animal present his hand to shew out persons who had come to visit it, and walk gravely, 

 and as one of the company, with them. I have seen him sit at table, unfold his napkin, w.ipe his lips 

 with it, make use of a spoon and fork when eating, pour out his drink himself in a glass, touch the 

 glass of a person with his own when invited to do so, fetch a cup and saucer, place them upon a table, 

 put sugar in the cup, pour out some tea, leave it to cool before drinking it, all without any instigation 

 but a sign or a word from his master, and frequently of his own accord. He did no mischief to any one, 

 advanced to persons with circumspection, and presented himself as though he desired to be caressed. 

 He was prodigiously fond of sweetmeats, and took such quantities, for everybody presented them to him, 

 that, no doubt, as he had a frequent cough and an affection of the chest, they contributed to abridge his 

 existence. He ate almost everything, but preferred ripe and dry fruit to any other kind of food. He 

 drank wine, but only in small quantities, and willingly abandoned it for milk, tea, or other mild 

 liquors." 



