HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 413 



The Monkey kind are removed {till farther, and 

 are much lefs than the former. Their tails are generally- 

 longer than their bodies; and, although they fit upon 

 their pofteriors, they always move upon all four. — They 

 are a lively, adlive race of animals, full of frolic and gri- 

 mace, greatly addicted to thieving, and extremely fond 

 of imitating human actions, but always with a mifchiev- 

 ous intention. • 



The ORAN-OUTANG, or WILD 

 MAN of the Woods, 



is the larger! of all the Ape kind, and makes the neareft 

 approach to the human figure. One of this kind, dif- 

 fered by Dr Tyfon, has been very accurately defcribed 

 by him. The principal external differences pointed out 



