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pears that he is likewile found in more northern 

 provinces, and that we ought to refer to the 

 gibbon the ape of the kingdom of Gannaura, 

 on the frontier of China, to which fome travellers 

 have given the name of fefi t- 



The gibbon varies in fize and colour. There 

 are two in the royal cabinet, of which the fe- 

 cond, though an adult, is much fmaller than the 

 firft, and is brown on all the parts where the o- 

 ther is black. But they fo perfedly refemble 

 each other in every other article, that they un- 

 queftionably belong to the fame fpecies. 



H 2 Dijlincl'ivc 



It had an exa£t r»femWance to an infant, and expreffed its 

 paffions and appetites in the moft perfea manner. He adds, 

 that thefe apes are extremely gentle ; that they (how great at- 

 tachment to the people with whom they are acquainted, and 

 embrace them with tranfport ; that one of them, which he 

 faw, was, at lead, four feet high, and was very dexterous and 

 agile ; Mem, fur la China, par Louis le Comie, p. 5 1 o. 



f In the kingdom of Gannaura, on the frontier of China, 

 there is a very rare animal called /f/e. It is nearly of the hu- 

 man figure. Its arms are very long ; the body is lilacl;, and 

 covered with hair; and it moves lightly and very quick; 

 Recucil des voyaga, Oc. torn. $. p. 168. Nota: i. This chawifler 

 of very long arms belongs only to the gibbon ; and, confe- 

 quently, indicates that the fefe is the fame animal. 2. We 

 may prefume, that the word/f/? comes from jefif m fefef, the 

 name of the baboon in the provinces of Africa which border 

 upon Arabia, and that it has been transferred from the baboon 

 to the gibbon ; for the arms of the baboon are not longc? 

 than thofe of the other apes. 



