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amono- ns. When it had the Head-Ach it bound its Head 

 with a Clout, and 'twas pleasant to see it so coif d a-bed. 1 

 could tell you several other odd Stories of this Animal which 

 seem'd extreamly singular, but as I could not admire them 

 so much as others did, because I knew she was to be sent to 

 Europe, and for that reason might have been taught all these 

 Tricks,^ I did not deduce the same Consequences from them : 

 In a word, this Ape died at last off the Cape of Good Hope, 

 in one of the Ships belonging to the Fleet I was in. This 

 Creature had much of a Human Figure, and, as 'tis said, was 

 of a particular Species of Apes, to be found only in the Island 

 of Java, but all were not of this Opinion,- and some believ'd 

 this Beast w^as begot between an Ape and a Woman. When 

 any Female Slave has committed a great Fault, and has 

 reason to apprehend being severely chastiz'd for it, after the 

 Custom of the Country, she commonly flies to the Woods 

 as a frighted Beast, and lives there much like one. And 

 Nature, who does not oppose the Copulation of Horses with 

 Asses, may well admit that of an Ape with a Female- Animal 

 that resembles him, especially where the latter is not 

 restrain'd by any Principle. An Ape and a iVe^ro-Slave 

 born and brought up out of the knowledge of God, have not 

 less Similitude between them than an Ass and a Mare.^ 



1 In orig.: " que le peuple regardoit comme lui etantnaturelles : a la 

 verite, c'etait uiie supposition," omitted by translator. 



2 In orig. : " Mais il y avoit peu de gens de ce sentiment, & I'opinion 

 commune etoit que cette bete." 



3 A similar experience is related by an officer in the British East India 

 Company's service in 1747 : " There is an animal here which I had the 

 curiosity to view very attentively. It resembled the human form much 

 more than any creature I had ever seen. It was young, had a melan- 

 choly look, the face almost bare, but the head, eyebrows, and chin very 

 rough. It made little noise, showed great fondness in grasping me 

 around and squeezing me ; and sometimes made a low, pensive sound 

 as if whining and crying. It walked upright with great ease, and was 

 about three feet and a half high. It had no tail, and was very often 

 found in the woods. Some people not considering in the scale of being 

 what an almost imperceptible gradation is constantly observed between 



