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f was very tall, and often walked eveO. on her 

 ' hind feet. On thefe occafions, ilie concealed 



* with her hands the parts which diltinguilh the 



* fex. Except the eye-brows, there was no hair 

 ' on her face, which pretty much refembled the 

 ' grotefque female faces I fawamongthe Hotten- 

 ' tots at the Cape. She made her bed very neat- 

 ' ly every day, lay upon her fide, and covered 

 ' herfelf with the bed-clothes. . . . When her 

 ' head ached, fhe bound it up with a handker- 

 ' chief ; and it was amufing to fee her thus 



* hooded in bed. I could relate many other 



* little articles which appeared to be extremely 



* fingular. But I admired them not fo much as 



* the multitude ; becaufe, as I knew the defign 



* of bringing her to Europe to be exhibited as a 

 ' (hew, I was inclined to think that fhe had been 



* taught many of thefe monkey-tricks, which 

 the people confidered as being natural to the 

 animal. She died in our fhip, about the lati- 

 tude of the Cape of Good Hope. The figure 

 of this ape had a very great refemblance to 

 that of man,' 8cc. Gemelli Carreri tells us, that 



he faw one of thefe apes, which cried like an 

 infant, walked upon its hind feet, and carried a 

 matt under his arm to lie down and fleep upon. 

 Thefe apes, he adds, appear, in fome refpedts, to 

 have more fagacity than men : For, when the 

 fruits on the mountains are exhaufted, they 

 come down to the fea-coafts, where they feed 



upon 



