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ia, on the frontier of China, to which some 
travellers have given the 'name of Fefe. 
" In Rosueil des Voyages, &c. it is said, 
that in the kingdom of Gannaura, there is a 
very rare animal, called Fefe, it is nearly of 
the human figure. It's arms are very long ; 
the body is black, and covered with hair ; and 
it moves lightly and very quick. This cha- 
radler of very long arms," remarks BufFon, 
*' belongs only to the Gibbon; and conse- 
quently indicates that the Fefe is the same 
.animal. Vv^e may presume," he adds, " that 
the word Fefe, comes from Jefe ; or Sesef, the 
name of the Baboon in the provinces of Africa 
which border on Arabia, and that it has been 
transferred from the Baboon to the Gibbon;, 
for the arms of the Baboon are not longer than 
those of the other Apes. 
The Gibbons," concludes BufFon, ''vary 
;in size and colour. There are two in the Royal 
Cabinet; of which, the second, tliough an 
adult, is much smaller, than the first, and is 
vbrown on all the parts where the other is black. 
But they 80 perfedly" resemble each other, in 
