LONG-ARMED APE. 
three feet m height ; but he was young, and iii 
captivity. '* Hence," says BufFon, " we may 
presume, that he had not acquired his full dimen- 
sions ; and that, in a natural state, he might ar- 
rive at four feet. He has not the vestige of a 
tail: but he is distinguished from the other Apes 
by the prodigious length of his arms. When 
standing ere6l on his hind feet, his hands touch 
-the ground ; and he can walk on his four feet 
without bending his body^ Round the face 
there is a circle of white, which gives him ^ 
very extraordinary appearance. His eyes are 
large, but deep sunk. His ears are naked. His 
face is flat, of a tawney colour, and pretty simi- 
lar to that of a man. After the Ourang 
Oiitang, and the Pigmy, the Gibbon would 
make the nearest approach to the human figure, 
if he were not deformed by the excessive length 
of his arms ; for, in a state of nature, man 
would likewise have a strange aspe£^. The 
hair and the beard, if negletSled, would form 
round his countenance a circle similar to that 
which surrounds the face of the Gibbon. 
.** This Ape appeared to -be of a tranquH 
disposition, and of gentle manners. His move- 
men ts^ 
