53 6 The Hifiory of A N I M A L 8. 
of the human hand being removed to a great diftance from the next, and being alfo 
thTottar^ ° nSi WherCaS ^ ° n lhC f ° re "P aW isfhort > and ^mediately joined to 
The hair on the back of this fpecies is of a deep tawny, with an admixture of olive, 
“ d * ong ’ th ' ck ’ f oft ’ aI j d ver y g loff y 5 the anterior, or properly the under part of 
the body for fuch it is, when the creature ftands on all four, is of a dull lead colour- 
the breaft is paler than any other part, and the nipples purple : the buttocks are naked 
and of the fame colour with the belly 3 it has no tail, not even the rudiment of one. 
This is a native of Afiica; I once faw a full-grown one fhewn as a curiofity in Lon¬ 
don : it was a male, and when it ftood ered, as it had been pradifed to do with a 
itick in it’s hand, it had a very affeding, general refemblance of a decrepid old man. 
It was very quarreliome, and would throw any thing that lay in it’s way at thofe who 
came to feet it, it the eye of the fhowman were not continually upon it. 
Stmt a acauda unguibus indicis fubulatis. 
The tail-lefs Si mi a, with the claws of the fore-toes fubulated. 
This is very frequently feen in an ered pofture, and then is about three feet in 
height: the face has much the appearance of fome ill-formed one of the human fpe¬ 
cies : the noftrils are very wide: the nofe much depreffed ; the eyes large, and the 
ears very broad and low : the whole body in this fpecies is hairy 3 the breaft and bel¬ 
ly, as well as the back: the fur is deep and gloffy3 is of a tawny colour, with an ad¬ 
mixture of olive on the back, and is yellower on the breaft and belly : the legs are 
very long and flender, and it has not the leaft appearance of a tail. 
It is a native of many parts of the Eaft Indies, and is very fierce in it’s wild ftate, 
and will never be tamed fo as to make it fafe to keep it among human creatures. 
Simia acauda clunibus tuberofs . 
The tail-lefs Simia , with large buttocks . 
This is more apt to walk on the hinder legs only, than any other fpecies, and na¬ 
ture feems to have provided for it’s keeping firm in that pofture, by making it’s lower 
part of fo remarkable a bulk and weight: the face is perfe&ly naked, and of a black- 
ifh colour 3 the ears are very large, and they lie almoft flat upon the head 3 the eyes 
are remarkably large, prominent, bright, and ftaring3 the noftrils turn up, and are 
very wide3 the nofe is depreffed, and the mouth is large, and vyell furnifhed with 
teeth : the whole body is covered with an olive-coloured fur, which is deeper, thicker, 
and harfher on the back than on the belly : the legs are long, but they are not fo flen¬ 
der as in fome other fpecies: the buttocks are very large, protuberant, flefhy, and in 
part naked 5 the naked portion is of the fame colour with the face : the feet are formed 
in the manner of the human hand 3 and the claws or nails are broad, rounded, and of 
a bluifh colour. 
This is a native of many parts of the Eaft, and is eafily tamed, and lefs mifehie- 
vous than many of the others. Profper Alpinus has mentioned it, as have alfo fome 
others. 
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Simia acauda capita majore . 
The great-headed Simia y with no taiL 
This is more frequently feen on all fours than ereft: the head is remarkably large* 
though the monkey is but of a moderate fize 3 when eredf, it fcarce meafures three 
feet : the face is naked, and very ugly5 the eyes are large 3 the nofe is ftrangely de¬ 
preffed and flat 3 the ears are large and low, and the noftrils open and turned up : the 
forehead is flat and very broad : the whole body is covered with hair, but it is thin, 
and 
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