OURAN OUTANG. 
There are few animals of which natu- 
■raiists appear to know decidedly so liale, as, 
i of that which is commonly denominated the 
' Ouran Outang. The various accounts seem^ 
i in general, better calculated to amuse frivo-- 
ilous readers, than to gratify any rational en-> 
' quirer after the true knowledge of nature. 
Under the name Ouran Outang, or words- 
varying a little in orthography, but of similar 
sound, different animals of the ape kind have 
been described; and, on the contrary, ani- 
mals evidently varying from each other no 
more than the generality of other animals of 
a single species are commonly found to vary, 
have obtained a great diversity of appel- 
i lations. 
The circumstance of the Ouran Outang's 
near approach to the human form, may ac- 
<X)uiit for the exaggerations into which tra- 
velkrs 
