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* like thofe of men ; a circumftance they have 



* (if I miftake not'), in common with the orang- 

 ' outangs in the eaftern parts of India, in Su- 

 ' matra, Java, and the fpice-iflands, of vv^hich 

 ' thefe feem to be the diminutives, though with 

 ' nearer approaches of refemblance to the human 

 ' fpecies. But, though the navigation from the 

 ' Carnatic coafl: to Bombay is of a very Ihort 

 ' run, of not above fix or feven degrees, whether 

 ' the fea air did not agree with them, or that 

 ' they coukl not brook their confinement, or that 

 ' Captain Boag had not properly confulted their 

 ' provifions, the female fickening firft, died; and 

 ' the male giving all the demonflrations of grief, 



* feemed to take it to heart fo, that he refuied 



* to eat, and, in two days after, followed her. 

 ' The Captain, on his return to Bombay, report- 

 ' ing this to the governour, was by him alked, 

 ' What he had done with the bodies ? He faid 

 ' he had flung them over-board. Being further 



* afked, why he did not keep them in fpirits ? 



* he replied bluntly, that he did not think of it. 



* Upon this, the governour wrote afrefli to Van- 



* cajee, and defired him to procure another 

 ' couple, at any rate, as he fhould grudge no 



* expence to be mailer of fuch a curiofity. Van- 



* cajee's anfwer was, he fliould very willingly 



* oblige him, but that he was afraid it would not 



* be in his power : That thefe creatures came 

 ' from a forefl. about feventy leagues up the 



* country,wherethe inhabitants Vv'ould fometimes 



' catch 



