88 THE ORANG-OUTANGS, OR 



fummer in Paris, and died in London the follow- ; 

 ing winter. He eat aimoft every thing; but 

 preferred ripe and dried fruits to all other kinds 

 of food. He drank a little wine ; but fponta- 

 neoufly left it for milk, tea, or other mild li- 

 quors. Tulpius*, who gives a good defcription 

 and a figure of one of thefe animals, that had 

 been prefcnted to Frederick Henry, Prince of 

 Orange, makes nearly ihe fame obfervations 

 with regard to if, as I have already related. But, 

 if we wilh to dlfiinguifli the inllinds peculiar 



to 



* Erat hie fatynis qliacfnipe';, fed ab hiimaTia fpecie quam 

 prae fe fert vocatur Indis otirang-outang, homo filvcftris, uti A- 

 Iricanis ^wjafriarrou: Exprimens longitudine puerum tri- 

 miim, ut craffitie fexenneiti ; corpore erat nee obefo nee gra- 

 cili, fed quadrato, habiliffinio tamen ac perniciflimo. Artu- 

 bus vero tam ftriflis et mnfculis adeo vaftis, ut quidvis et aii- 

 deret et pniTet. Anterius undique glaber, at pone hirfutus ae 

 Jiigris erinibus obtitus. Facies mentiebatur hominem; fed na- 

 res finiae et aduncae rugofam et edentulam anum. Aures 

 vero nil difcrepunt ab humana forma, uti neque peiflus orna- 

 tum utrinque mamma praetumida (erat enim fexus foeminei;. 

 Venter haljcbat umbilicum profundiorem, et artus, cum fupe- 

 liorcs turn infeiiores, tam exaiftam cum homine limilitudinem 

 lit vis ovum ovo vjderis fimllius. Nee cubito defuit debit.' 

 commifliira, nee manibus digitonim ordo; neduni pollici figu- 

 ra humana vel crurlbus furae vel pedi calcis fulcrum. Quae 

 concinna ac decens membronim ibrma in caulla fiiit, quod 

 multotics incederet ere<flus, neque altoUcret minus gravate, 

 quam transferret facile qualccumque gravilTimi onens pon- 

 dus. Bibiturus preliendebat canthari anfam manu altera ; 

 alteram vtro valis fundo fupponens, abftcrgebat dcinde ma- 



dorem labiis relidum. Eandem dextcritatem obfervabat 



cubitum iturus ; inclinans caput in pulvinar et corpus ftragu- 

 lis convenienter operiens, &c. ; Tulpii, Obfeiv. Medkac, lib. j. 

 c. 56. 



