44- ^ Thiloiogkal Efjay concerning^&LC. 



i.e. /« Cynocephalo Homink Corpus-^ fpecie turps , aditmbratur. Canma ei 

 fades, vocem Jirtdori Mur'fS non dfjJlviHem exprimit. Sed immodice ferum 

 eji Animdy tiec uUo modo ct curat ur : viiltHmqite a fitperdliis & eculk aujie- 

 rum prodit. Ita Mas comparatJis eji. Fcemineo generi hoc e^ proprUim^ nt 

 ' titer um extra Corpus gejiet^ eoqtie hahitn tot am ex/gat vitatf/. 



Salmafus (I) remarks that Jgatharcides borrowed this Pafiage, as he 

 hath fome others likevvife, from Diodorus Sictdus, But that thefe Rela- 

 tions oiCtejias that are fo extravagant and wild, fhould be copied from 

 him, by fo many and noted Authors too, feems fomewhat ftrange. Yet 

 we find Mlian, Pliny, Solhu^, and a great many others have done it ; 

 tho' they have added by it little Credit to their Hiftories, and no doubt 

 much leffened their own Reputation by tranfcribing the Errors of their 

 Predeceflbrs. In the Hijiory therefore of Nature we mufi: not depend 

 upon the Authority of the Number of thofe that only tranfcribe 

 the fame thing,without duly examining the Matter themfelves ; For the 

 Authority here wholly depends on the veracity of the firft Relator : And 

 if what Cfe/^{aiihis falfe, tho' never fo many fay the fame thing from 

 him, they mufl: all be in the wrong. Efpecially in tranfcribing the An- 

 clents.and believing their Reports, we ought to be very cautious,fince 'twas 

 a common Pradice amongft them to difguife and conceal the Truths they 

 would deliver, in JEnigwatkal and Mythological Reprefentations. Many 

 times there is fomething of Truth contained in their Relations, but 'tis 

 under fuch Vails, that you will not difcover it, till you have taken them 

 off. And tho' there are no fuch Men, as Ctejiass Cynocephali^and Pygmies:, 

 yet there are Apes, and Monkeys, zndBaboonSfthata^orded him a ground 

 for his Invention. 



Now what fort of Monkey thefe Cynocephali were, I fhall not at prefent 

 enquire ; that they are of the Monkey-kjnd is evident, becaufe they have 

 Tails : and Ariflotle tells us, that they are bigger and ftronger, and there- 

 fore I make them of the Baboon-kind. But not having feen any of them 

 my felf, I ftiall refer my Reader to the Authors who have wrote about 

 them. 'Tis fufficient to my prefent purpofe that they are a fort of Mon- 

 keys, and not Men, as formerly reprefented. 



(l) SalmafijExercitap. Plinian. Cap,2j.^.267. 



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