140 Profejfor camper on the Organs of 
It is this difcovery (of which I have already given a 
hint at the end of my Obfervations on the Rein-Deer) 
which Profeffor allamand has inferted amongft his ad- 
ditions to the XVth volume of the Count de buffon’s 
Nat. Hift. printed at Amfterdam 177 1, for s. h. schn ei- 
der, p. 55, 56. Profeffor allamand has moreover added,, 
in the fame volume, p. 76: M. le Prof, camper a ob— 
ferve les organes de la voix de 1 'Orang', il s' eft convaincur 
qu'il etoit impoffible , qu'il format des tons articules y comme 
les hommes en peuvent former , &c. 
It is afferted by a great many travellers, that though 
the Orang Outang does not fpeak, he would be able to- 
articulate if he chofe it. Several N aturalifts feem to leave 
this queftion undetermined, from not having had the 
opportunity of differing this very uncommon animal ; 
others again overlook it, being deeply engaged in the re- 
fearches of other parts. 
My principal fludy in this effay will be to prove the 
abfolute impoflibility there is for the Orang and other 
monkies to fpeak. 
§ 1. Being Profeffor oP Natural Philofophy, Ana- 
tomy, Surgery, and Phyfic, in the Univerfity of Frane- 
ker in Friefland, I foon perceived the impoflibility. of 
underftanding the moft precious and valuable works of 
the immortal galen (efpecially his anatomical works) 
without 
