ii8 THEMAGOT, OR 



ridiculous. When agitated with paffion, he ex- 

 hibited and ground his teeth. He filled the 

 pouches of his cheeks with the food which was 

 given him, and generally eat every thing, ex- 

 cept raw flefh, cheefe, and whatever had under- 

 gone a kind of fermentation. When about to 

 fleep, he loved to perch upon an iron or wooden 

 bar. He was always chained ; becaufe, though 

 he had been long in a domeftic ftate, he was not 

 civilized, and had no attachment to his matters. 

 He feems to have been ill educated ; for I have 

 feen others of the fame fpecies more intelligent, 

 more obedient, more gay, and fo docile as to 

 learn to dance, to make gefticulations in cadence, 

 and to allow thcmfelves peaceably to be clo- 

 thed. 



This ape, when ereft upon his two hind legs, 

 is generally two feet and a half, or three feet 

 high; the female is fmaller than the male. He 

 walks more willingly on four than on two 

 feet. When refting, he commonly fupports his 

 body on two prominent callofities, which are fitu- 

 ated where the buttocks ought to be: 1 he anus 

 is placed higher. Hence his body is more incli- 

 ned than that of a man, when fitting. He differs 

 from the pigmy or ape properly fo called: 

 I. Becaufe his muzzle is thick and long, as in 

 the dog; but the face of the pigmy is flat; 2. 

 Becaufe he has very long canine teeth; 3. Be- 

 caufe his nails and fingers arc neither fo flat nor 

 fo round; and, 4. Becaule he is larger, more 



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