THE ORANG OUTANG. 



If we carry this idea to the Orang Outang, we lhall certainly find he 

 approaches nearer to man in that particular than any other animal does ; 

 yet, after all, as the Count de Buffo n finely obferves, " the interval which 

 feparates the two fpecies is immenfe : the ape's refemblance in figure and 

 organization, and the movements of imitation which feem to refult from 

 thefe fimilarities, neither make him approach the nature of man, nor elevate 

 him above that of a brute ; no difpofition of matter will give mind, and the 

 body, how nicely foever formed, is formed in vain, when there is not infufed 

 a foul, to direct its operations," 



