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the fame : he has borrowed the former 
name, but has otherwife wrote it Oran 
Ootan, which, he fays, in their language 
fignifies Man of the Woods. He fays, 
they have no hair but on thofe parts where 
it grows on human bodies : if this be true, 
it is nearer the human lpecies than what is 
here figured. 
neo, imprime a Londres en 1718, a donne 
l y empreinte et la defcription d’ un finge , qui 
a beaucoup de rapport d celui -ci, mais qui 
n ejl pas le meme: il a emprunte le nom du 
precedent , mais il V a ecrit Oran Ootan , qui, 
d ce qu il dit , fignifie en langiie du pays 
Homme des Bois. 11 dit quits n ont du poll 
qu aux parties ou il en croit au corps bumain. 
Si cela ejl vrai , ils approchent plus encore de 
I' efpece humaine , que celui dont on voit id 
la figure . 
CHAP. IV. 
! The Pig-tailed Monkey, from 
the Ijland of Sumatra, in the 
Indian Sea* 
/ T A HIS Monkey was brought from the 
Eafi: Indies, in the year 1752, by one 
of our Englilh fhips of war, which had 
been there to protect our India Company 
in their trade, from the incroachments of 
the French in thofe parts : it was extremely 
lively, and full of action. 
It was about the bignefs of a common 
houfe-cat : the head was not fo round as 
in fome of the Monkey fpecies, though it 
was not long-headed. A profile view of 
the head is given on the lower part of the 
plate annexed. The face had little or no 
hair on it 3 the colour of the face was near 
that of a fwarthy or fun- burned human 
completion j the ears were fhaped much 
like human ears; the eyes were oftm hazel 
colour, with black pupils, {hewing no 
white like the human eye ; the nofe pretty 
fiat; the mouth, when clofed, fhewed no 
external lips ; above and below the mouth 
were thinly fet fome fhort black hairs; the 
teeth were like man’s teeth ; the head was 
PLA. 214. 
Le Singe a Queue de Cochon, 
de l’lfle de Sumatra , dans la 
Mer des Indes. 
E Singe fut apporte des Indes Orientates 
en 1752, par un de nos vaiffeaux de gu- 
erre, qu on y avoit envoy e pour protege $ le 
commerce de la Compagnie des Indes , contre 
les iifurpations des Francois dans ces pays - 
Id : il etoit extremement vif et plein d’adion, 
11 etoit approchant de la grojfeur d'lm chat 
domefiique ordinaire. Sa tete n etoit pas 
tout'd fait fi ronde que 1 ejl celle de certaincs 
fortes de Singes, quoiquilne V eut pas longue 
?7onplus: on en a donne le profit aubas de la 
plancbe ci-jointe, 11 n avoit que peu ou point 
de poil Jiir le vif age, dont le teint reffembloit 
affez d celui dun vif age hum a in bafane , ou 
hale ; fes or ei lies ctoient prefque comme les 
notres ; fes yeux etoient cculeur de noifette , et 
fes paupieres mires y on n y voyoit point de 
blanc , comme aux yeux humains : fon nez 
etoit affez plat ; et quand il avoit la bouche 
fiermee , on ny voyoit point de levres. il 
avoit audejjus et audejfous de la bouche quel - 
ques polls noirs, courts et affez clair feme es ; 
