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go, and defcribes it in the following manner : 

 The greatefl; of thefe two monfters is called 

 Pongo, in their language ; and the lefl'er is cal- 

 led Engeco. This Pongo is exaftly propor- 

 tioned like a man ; bvit he is more like a 

 giant in ftature ; for he is very tall, and 

 hath a man's face, hollow eyed, with long hair 

 upon his brows. His face and ears are with- 

 out hair, and his hands alfo. His body is full of 

 hair, but not very thick, and it is of a dunnifli 

 colour. He differeth not from a man, but in 

 his legs, for they have no calf. He gocth al- 

 ways upon his legs, and carrieth his hands 

 clafped on the nap of his neck, when hegoeth 

 upon the ground. They fleep in the trees, 

 and build Ihelters for the rain. They feed 

 upon fruit that they find in the woods, and 

 upon nuts, for they eat no kind of flefli. They 

 cannot fpeak, and have no underftanding more 

 than a beafl. The people of the country, when, 

 they travel in the woods, make fires where 

 th^y fleep in the night ; and in the morning, 

 when they are gone, the Pongos will come 

 and fit about the fire, till it goeth out ; for 

 [hey have no underftanding to lay the wood 

 together. They go many together, and kill 

 many Negroes that travail In the woods. Ma 

 ny times they fall upon the elephants, wliich 

 come to feed where they be, and fo beat themj 

 with their clubbed fifts, and pieces of wood, 



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