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' teeth are ftronger than thofe of the pigmy, 

 ' and have a greater refemblance to thofe of the 

 ' dog.' From this paflage, it is apparent, that 

 neither the pigmy nor the cynocephalus men- 

 tioned by Ariftotle have a tail ; for he fays, that 

 the pigmies with tails are called kcbes, and that 

 the cynocephalus refembles the pigmy in every 

 article, except the muzzle and teeth. Hence A- 

 riftotle takes notice of two apes without tails, 

 the pigmy and cynocephalus, and other apes with 

 tails, to which he gives the denomination of 

 kebes. Now, to compare our own knowledge 

 with that of Arillotle, we fhall remark, that we 

 have feen three fpecies of apes without tails, the 

 orang-outang, the gibbon, or long armed ape, 

 and the magot, or Barbary-ape, and that the 

 pigmy is none of thefe three fpecies ; for the 

 orang-outang and gibbon could not be known to 

 Ariftotle, fmce thefe animals are only found in 

 the fouthern parts of Africa and India, which 

 v/ere not difcovered in his time ; befides, they 

 have characters very different from thofe he a- 

 fcribes to the pigmy. But the third fpecies, 

 which we call the magot, or Barbary ape, is the 

 cynocephalus of Ariftotle ; for it has no tail ; its 

 muzzle refembles that of a bull-dog ; and its 

 canine teeth are long and thick. Bcfides, this 

 animal is common in Afia Minor, and other eaft:- 

 ern provinces which w-ere known to the Greeks. 

 The pigmy belongs to the fame country ; but 

 we know it only from the relations of travel- 

 lers. 



