OURAN QUTANG. 
is Still construdled in vain, when there is not a 
soul infused into it for the purpose of dire6l- ~ 
ing it*s operations 1 
The Ouran Outang seen and described by 
BufFon, said to be the same with that of Ed- 
wards, which we have also delineated, was a, 
female. Fler air was melancholy, and her de- 
portment grave ; she approached even stran- 
gers with respe6l ; would hand company to. 
the door; sit at table ; unfold a napkin ; wipe- 
her lips; use a fork or spoon; pour out her 
drink into a glass ; join glasses, when invited ; 
and go through all the ceremonies of the tea- 
table. Though fhe would drink moderately ot 
wine, fhe left it for milk, tea, or any sweet li- 
quor. She was prodigiously fond of sugared 
comfits, which were too plentifully supplied 
by her numerous admirers ; and, having a de- 
fluxion on the breast, so much sugar contri- 
buted to ificrease tlie maiady,^ and to shorten 
her life. She remained at Paris but a single 
summer, and died m London* 
Edwards informs us, that she was only 
about two feet and a half high, though some 
voyagers 
