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gibbon, above-described, is, that a patched or 

 parti- coloured small variety of that animal is 

 sometimes seen, and is figured in the Coupt de Buf- 

 fon's work, having the lower part of the back and 

 the feet white, while the rest of the animal is of a 

 deep brown. The larger kind is also represented 

 by BufTon with whitish hands and feet. 



Notwithstanding the apparent ferocity of the 

 Gibbon, and the deformity of its figure, it is of a 

 more tractable and gentle nature than most of its 

 tribe, and has even been celebrated for the de- 

 corum and modesty of its behaviour. Considered 

 with respect to the rest of the genus it ranks 

 among the genuine Apes, or those which have not 

 the least vestige of a tail, and, like the Or cm Otan, 

 alarms the pride of mankind by too near an ap- 

 proach to the real Primates of the creation. Nay, 

 Linnasus, in his description referred to in the sy- 

 nonyms, actually places it in the genus Homo, un- 

 der the title of Homo Lar. 



BARBARY APE. 



Simia Inuus. S. ecaudata, natihus cahns, capite obtongo. Lin. 

 Tailless pale-brown Ape, with callosities behind, and with an 



oblong head. 

 Simia Inuus. Speculum Linnaanum, I . t. I , 

 Magot. Buff. 14. t. 8. 9. 

 Barbary Ape. Pennant £>uadr. p. I 86. 



This, which is the species of ape most com- 

 monly seen in exhibitions of animals, grows to the 

 height of about four feet. It is not remarkable 



