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distinguished attributes. And lastly, in the re- 

 semblance of the uvula, ears, eyelashes, hands, and 

 internal structure, to the human species. The 

 genus admits of a subdivision into four separate 

 species, the distinction of which is to be found 

 in the tail. Those without a tail, retaining the 

 familiar term of Ape ; those with a short tail, 

 that of Jlaboon ; those with a longer tail, that 

 of Monkey; and those with 'a prehensive tail, 

 or a tail serving as an extra limb, that of Sapa- 

 jou. The three first species are to be met with 

 in the warmer latitudes of Europe, Asia, and 

 Africa; the last in America only. Those in 

 Europe, which are apes without tails, are con- 

 fined to the rocks of Gibraltar, upon which I 

 have had frequent opportunities of seeing them ; 

 the females, with two or three young ones on 

 their backs, leaping with wonderful agility 

 from rock to rock, without, in the least degree, 

 disturbing those they were carrying. They live 

 upon the wild fruits and herbage that grow on 

 the rock, and when 1 saw them, they were ex- 

 tremely wild and difficult of approach, a few 

 appearing of an unusually large size. Of these 

 a specimen was afforded during my residence in 

 the garrison, when an ape of more than ordinary 

 dimensions was knocked down and captured 

 alive, by the soldiers ; but either owing to im- 

 proper diet, or to bad treatment, he only survived a 

 fortnight. The common size of the Gibraltar 



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