THE PIGMY*. 



ARISTOTLE remarks, ' that there are 

 ' animals whofe nature is ambiguous, and 

 are partly allied to man, and partly to qua- 

 drupeds ; fuch as the pigmies, the kebes, and 

 the cynocephaU. The kebe is a pigmy with a 

 tail ; and the cynocephalus is perfectly fimilar 

 (o the pigmy, except that it is larger and 

 ftronger, and has a longer muzzle, approach- 

 ing nearly to that of the bull-dog, from which 

 circumftance its name has been derived. Its 

 manners are likewife more ferocious, and its 



' teeth 



* Ape with a flattifh face ; ears like thofe of a man ; body 

 of the fize of a cat ; colour above an olive brown, beneat!i 

 yellovvini ; nails flat ; buttocks naked ; fits upright ; Permant's 

 fyi'.opf. of quad. />. 98. 



n(())iKii? in Greek ; Siniia in Latin ; Le Pithcque in French ; 

 Chinchin in Tartary ; and Siiijin in China. 



Pithecus ; yi'riji. Hifl. Anini. lib. 2. cap. 8. 



Simla ; Gef>:er, ^tad. p. 847. Rait Sympf. ^uad, p. 149. John- 

 Jion de quad. tab. 59. 



Ape, 2d fpec. Bofman's Gutney, p. 242. 



Le Singe. Simia unguibus omnibus planis et rotundatis ; 

 BriJJn. ^ud.p. 133. 



Figura prima eft earum fimiarum quae caudas non habent : 

 Hae caeteris facilius et citius manfuefiunt ; cacterifciue foler- 

 tiori ingenio praeftant, hihiriorefque ct verl'utiorcs cxilUuit ; 

 Pro/p. Alp. Hijl. Egypt, lib. 4. tab. 20. fg. I . 



Simia fylvanus, ecaudata, natibus calvis, capite fubrotundo : 

 Lim:. Syf,. Nat. /. 34. 



