22 Or ang^Outang five Homo Sj/lveflm : Qr^ 



" earn imponuntur, qus; aquam a fluviisin Hydriis capite domum defe- 

 " rant, ita tamen ut ubi primum domus fores attigerint, illko Hydriis 

 " exonerandse fint, alioqui eas excidere, cafuque ifto frangi, atque turn 

 «' clanioribus ac fletu compleri univerfa. Neque ifta modo, fed plurima 

 ' item alia obire de domefticis minifteriis dicuntur hi Simij Baris. To- 

 " ro(i funt 8c robufti. 



But all this does not fufficiently inform us of the particular (hape , 

 ftru£ture, and make of the Body and the feveral Parts of this Animal, 

 fo as to be fully certain whether it be the fame, or a different Creature 

 from t\\t Ourang-Outang. And tho' I have mentioned it, as a Con- 

 je6ture that probably the Bark might be, what we call a DrJU^ yet I 

 own it as an uncertainty, fince I have not met with what can juftifie, or 

 fully fatisfie me herein. 



The Vongo likewife which is defcribed by Furchas^ as a fort of WiU 

 Man, is different from our Subjeft ; as it may be alfo from the reft hi- 

 therto mentioned. The Reafon, therefore, why I infert the Defcrip- 

 tion of this, as likewife of the others, I own to be, that hereby I might 

 excite fome Inqmftjve Obfervers to give us a truer Account of this large 

 and noble Specks of Animals. Tis an Enquiry that would recompence 

 their Curiofity with abundance of Satisfaction, by the many and ufeful 

 Difcoveries that they would make, and extreamly enrich the Natural 

 Htflory of Animals, whofe enlargement, I think, in this Inquifitive Age, 

 hath not advanced fo much as that of Botanic. For how great Diligence 

 hath been ufed of late, to ranfack both the Indies, to pry into all the 

 Corners of the World, both inhabited, and uninhabited, to find out a 

 new Plant, not before defcribed ? And with what greac Expence, and 

 how magnificently are their Figttres Printed ? And how little hath been 

 done in the Improvement of the F/^wj of Animals? Not that I any 

 ways diflike the former, but the latter being a Nobler Subjeft, I can't but 

 recommend it, as deferving the Labours of the Curiom likewife ; and if 

 any, this kind, I think, which comes fo near to a Man, may befpeak 

 the preference. 



But I beg the Reader's Pardon for this Digreffion. Purchas's (39^ words 

 are thefe : This Pongo is in all Proportions like a Man, but that he is more 

 like a Giant-Creatnre, than a Man : For he k very tall, and hath a Man's 

 Face, bolloiv-eyed, with long Hair upon hk brows. His Face and Ears are 

 without Hair,^ and hk Hands alfo. Hk Body k full of Hair, but not very 

 thick,, and it k of a dimnidd colour. He d/ffereth not from a Man, but in 

 hk Legs, pr he hath no Calf He goeth always on hk Legs, and carries hk 

 Hands cLtJped on the Nape of bis Neck. , vphen he goeth upon the Ground, 



fz?) Pp.rcha5 Filirms, Part. 2. 1. 7., cap. 3. §. 7. 



