OBDEE OF QTJADBTJMANA. 
The Quadrumana occupy the highest grade in the scale of 
the brute creation. The Monkeys are, in fact, of all Mam- 
malia those which, by their physical organisation and habits, 
offer the closest relationship to Man. This analogy is so striking 
with some., such as the Orang, Gorilla, and Chimpanzee, that 
several naturalists, otherwise very good authorities, have con- 
sidered them inferior varieties of the human species. Thus it 
was that the illustrious Linnaeus confounded Man with Monkeys 
in his order of Primates, or first animals, and composed his genus 
Homo , not only of mortals ( Homo sapiens ), but also of Chimpanzees 
(Homo troglodytes ), the Orang-Outangs (Homo satyrus), and the 
Gibbons (Homo lar). 
This classification raised numerous protestations, for the pride 
of Man was offended by the strange relationship imposed upon 
him. The opinion of Linnaeus, therefore, enjoys but little favour 
nowadays ; so it has been decided to constitute a particular 
Order for Man, that of Bimana, placed at the head of the organic 
creation. 
It is incontestable that, from a purely anatomical point of view, 
certain Quadrumana offer so strong a similitude to Man, that 
through error they might be readily classed in the same genus. 
Like Man, they can stand upright ; like him, they are provided 
with hands ; have a nude face, with the eyes directed forwards ; 
and, finally, in general form and internal structure, resemble, on a 
small scale, the king of Nature. But, as Buffon has said, this 
only proves that the Creator did not desire to make a mould 
for Man absolutely different from that of the animal, and that 
his form, like that of other animals, has been included in a 
general plan. 
