1 ON THE ANATOMY OP THE 



latter, which also forms the subject of this paper ; 

 but these representations differ in several important 

 particulars from the specimen now under considera- 

 tion. The rude, though (I believe) faithful, deli- 

 neations of Camper, as well as the more finished en- 

 gravings of Edwards, Vosmaer and Allamand, 

 were taken from the Indian Orang, and decidedly 

 point it out as a different species from the speci- 

 men before us. The seeming inaccuracy of Dr 

 Tyson's figure led me to suspect that some of the 

 minute details of its internal structure might have 

 escaped that accomplished anatomist ; and the dis- 

 crepancies of authors induced Mr Bullock to take 

 casts and drawings of the animal after death. 



Anxious to render the examination of its inter- 

 nal structure as complete as possible, I requested 

 the assistance of my friend Dr Vose, a very able 

 and zealous anatomist, who immediately lent his 

 co-operation ; and we resolved to devote the inter- 

 vals of our professional avocations to this interesting 

 subject. The following observations are chiefly 

 drawn up from notes which we took on that occa- 

 sion ; and a former dissection of the Simia Maimon, 

 or rib-nosed baboon, enabled us to compare its struc- 

 ture with that of the Orang Outang. The few 

 remarks on the manners of this animal, are collect- 

 ed from conversation with the late Captain Payne* 

 an intelligent and respectable mariner of this 

 port, who brought it from the coast of Africa to 

 Europe. 



