TUFTED APE. 
more than about four feet. It has a most 
savage and disgusting appearance, and is pe- 
culiarl}^ fierce and salacious. 
Though it usually goes on all-fours, it will 
sit on it's rump, and support itself with a 
stick. In this attitude, it holds a cup, or even 
a quart mug, in it's hand, out of which it 
drinks with facility: and such is the strength 
of this animal, that it was frequently seen, 
when exhibited in London, so lately as the 
year 1796, to hold itself down in a chair, by 
means of it's stick, with such force, tliat two 
strong men, one at each end, were unable to 
lift up the animal* 
Like the rest of the Ape tribe, it chiefly 
subsists on fruits ; and, apparently, has nut any 
carnivorous appetites. 
