8o THE ORANG-OUTANGS, OR 



feen alive ; for, though he was of the fime fize 

 with that defcribed by Linnaeus, he differed in 

 every other charader. I faw him frequently, 

 and I can affirm, that he neither fpoke, nor ex- 

 prefied himfclf by hiffing, and that he did no- 

 thing wh.ich a well trained dog could not per- 

 form. Befides, he differs in almoft every article 

 from Linnaeus's defcription of the orang-outang, 

 and correfponds better with the fatyrus of the 

 fame author. For thefe reafons, I fufpe<a the 

 truth of fhe defcription of this homo noBtinms. 

 i even doubt of his exiftence. It has probably 

 been a white Negro, a Chacrelas *, whom the 

 voyagers quoted by Linnaeus have fupcrlicially 

 examined and falfely defcribed. For the Chacre- 

 . las, like the Iiomo noclunius of this author, have 

 white, woolly, frizled hair, red eyes, a feeble 

 voice. Sec. But they are men, and neither hifs, 

 nor are they pigmies of thirty inches high : They 

 think and ad like other men, and are alfo of the 

 fame fize. 



Throwing afide, therefore, this ill defcribed 

 being, and fuppofmg a little exaggeration in the 

 relation of Bontius concerning the modefly of his 

 female orang-outang, there only remains a bri.ite 

 creature, an ape, of which we fhall find more 

 pointed information in writers of better credit. 

 Edward Tyfon f, a celebrated Englifh anato- 

 mift, who has given an excellent defcription 



both 



» See vol. 3. Art. Varieties of the human fpcciss. 

 + The anatomy of a Pigmy. 



