THE PONGO AND JOCKO. 95 



' They have no tail, and walk always eredl on 

 ' their two hind feet, like men.' 



Xhefe are nearly all the fadts, concerning this 

 animal, which have been related by voyagers 

 who are leaft credulous, and deferve moft credit. 

 I have quoted the palTages entire, becaufe every 

 article is important in the hiftory of a brute 

 which has fo great a refemblance to man. And, 

 that we may be enabled to afcertain the nature 

 of this animal with the greater precifion, we fhali 

 now mark the differences and conformities which 

 make him approach or recede from the human 

 fpecies. He differs from man externaily by the 

 flatnefs of his nofe, by the fhortnefs of his front, 

 and by his chin, v/hich is not elevated at the bafe. 

 His ears are proportionally too large, his eyes 

 too near each other, and the diftance between 

 his nofe and mouth is too great. Thefe are the 

 only differences between the face of an oran"-- 

 outang and that of a man. With regard to the 

 body and members, the thighs are proportional- 

 ly too fliort, the arms too long, the fingers too 

 fmall, the palm of the hands too long and nar- 

 row, and the feet rather refemble hands than the 

 human foot. The male organs of generation 

 differ not from thofe of man, except that the 

 prepuce has no fraenum. The female organs are 

 extremely fimilar to thofe of a woman. 



The orang-outang differs internally from the 

 human fpecies in the number of ribs : Man has 

 only twelve ; but the orang-outang has thirteen. 



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