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and much more in other qualities, than the jocko, 

 differs from the great orang-outang. 2, The 

 jocko, or fmall orang-outang, which v/e have 

 feen alive, as well as thofe of Tulpius, Tyfon, 

 and others which have been brought to Europe, 

 were all, perhaps, young animals, who had ac- 

 quired only a part of their growth. The one I 

 faw was about two feet and a half high ; and 

 the Sieur Nonfoux, to whom it belonged, allu- 

 red me that it exceeded not two years of age. 

 On the fuppofition, therefore, that its growth 

 were proportional to that of man, it might, if it 

 had lived, have arrived at the height of more than 

 five feet. The orang-outang of Tylon was flill 

 younger ; for it was only about two feet high, 

 and its teeth were not perfectly formed. Thofe 

 of Tulpius and Edwards were nearly of the 

 fame ftature with the one I faw. Hence it is 

 probable, that thefe young animals, if polTelled 

 of liberty in their own climate, would have 

 acquired with age the fame height and dimen- 

 fions which travellers have afcribed to the great 

 orang-outang. Of courfe, till better informa- 

 tion be received, we muft regard thefe two ani 

 mals as conflituting but one fpecies. 



The orang-outang which I faw, walked al- 

 ways on two feet, even when carrying things 

 of confiderable weight. His air was melanthO' 

 ly, his gait grave, his movements meafured, his 

 difpofitions gentle, and very different from thofe 

 of other apes. He had neither the impatience 



