96 THE ORANG-OUTANGS, OR 



The vertebrae of the neck are alfo fhorter, 

 the bones of the pelvis narrow, the buttocks 

 flatter, and the orbits of the eyes funk deeper. 

 He has no fpinal procefs on the firft vertebra 

 of the neck. The kidneys are rounder than 

 thofe of man, and the ureters have a different 

 figure, as well as the bladder and gall-bladder, 

 which are narrower and longer than in the hu- 

 man fpecies. All the other parts of the body, 

 head, and members, both external and internal, 

 fo perfedly refemble thofe of man, that we can- 

 not make the comparifon without being afto- 

 niftied that fuch a fimilarity in ftrudure and or- 

 ganization rtiould not produce the fame efleds. 

 The tongue, and all the organs of fpeech, for 

 example, are the fame as in man ; and yet the 

 orang-outang enjoys not the faculty ot Ipeak- 

 ing ; the brain has the fame figure and propor- 

 tions ; and yet he polTeiTes not the power of 

 thinking. Can there be a more evident proof 

 than is exhibited in the orang-outang, that mat- 

 ter alone, though perfedly organized, can pro- 

 duce neither language nor thought, unlefs it be 

 animated by a fuperior principle ? Man and 

 the orang-outang are the only animals who 

 have buttocks and calfs of the legs, and who, of 

 courfe, are formed for walking ered ; the only 

 animals who have a broad chelt, flat flioulders, 

 and vertebrae of the fame llrudure ; and the 

 only animals whofe brain, heart, lungs, liver, 

 fpleen, ftomach, and intefliaes are perfedly fi- 



milar, 



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