The Anatomy of a TYG Ml E. i^ 



living in the Woods, they are become half-Beafis. I fliall tranfcribe his 

 Words, and fo have done with him : (32) On troavc dans ks bok tine 

 Efpecs de Satyre que ks Negroes appellent ^loras-Morrou^ d^ les Portugak^ 

 Salvage. lis ont la tete grojje^ le Corps gros et pefant^ ks bras mrvenx^ ils 

 nont point de queve, et Marchent tantot tout droits et tantot a quatre pieds. 

 Les Animaux fe nourrijjent de fitdts et de Miel Saiivage^ & fe batteut a 

 tout .moment ks uns contre ks atttres. lis font ijfu des Hommes^ a ce difent 

 les Negroes J mak ils font devenm ainp demi-betes en fe tenant toujoitrs 

 d<>:is les ForHs. On dit qu ils for cent les femmes d^ les flks^ & qdils ont 

 le courage d' attaquer des Hommes arme-z,. 



We will now examine Jacobuf Bontiuss Figure., and compare it with 

 ours : And tho' he tells us, that he had feen fome of both Sexes that 

 went ereft, efpecially that Female one., whofe Effigijes ht here gives us ; 

 '/et I can't but think, he indulged more his Fancy herein, than copied 

 .he true Life 5 or at leafl: it was much different from ours. For ours 

 had no luch long Hair on the Head, and all round the Face ; the Face 

 of our Pjgw/ie was not fo flat and round, nor the Nofe and Under- Lip 

 fo rifing : The large Breajis in his, anfwers the Defcription which is 

 given of it by others 5 ours being a Male, had but fmall ones. But the 

 Armcsm our Pygwie (as 'tis in the yj/^e-kind) were much longer than 

 they are repreienced in his Figure., and t\\Q Feet are altogether diiferent 5 

 for he makes them exaftly like Httmaf/e Feet, and nothing like Hands, 

 which is fo tvemarkable a thing in all thefe Animals, that this Tvliftake 

 of it felf, is enough to diicpuntenance the Truth of his Picture, and 

 render it fufpeded. I iliall not take notice, how ill the Hair is drawn, 

 nor make any further Remarks upon the ftrudure of the Limbs, fince I 

 confefs I do mifirnft the whole Reprefentaiion. But becaufe he hath ex-^ 

 prefs'd, that this Creature had fo much Modefly, I have added to his 

 Figure whac becomes that Character. 



That Figure in Conradm Gefner, (33) wliich he tells us he had out of 

 a German Book, wrote about the Holy Land, in fome Particulars I think 

 more exad and jufl: : For here he makes the Feet like Hands, the Legs 

 more divaricated, the Face longer, and the Roflntm more extended. 

 But the Arms are too fhort, and 1 do not know for what reafon there 

 is a Tail clap t on, which fits untowardly enough, which muft be furely 

 an Addition of the Painter ^ or if there is any fuch Creature ia Nature, 

 it muft be of another Family, different from ours. 



However, I have caufed all thefe Figures to be copyed, that they may 

 be the eafier compared : But fince they are fo difagreeing, as are likewife 



i_^ (52) Dapper ibid. p. m. z^j^ (33) Hifi- de Qvairiqd. p. m. 8 jp, 



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