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in their language, and the other Engeco ” (in the 
older editions “ Encego” evidently Nchfgo, whilst 
Engeco may have given rise to our “ Jocko’'). 
“ The Pongo is in all his proportions like a man, 
except the legs, which have no calves, but are of 
a gigantic size. Their faces, hands, and ears 
are without hair; their bodies are covered, but not 
very thick, with hair of a dunnish colour. When 
they walk on the ground it is upright, with their 
hands on the nape of the neck . They sleep in 
trees, and make a covering over their heads to 
shelter them from the rain. They eat no flesh, but 
feed on nuts and other fruits ; they cannot speak, 
nor have they any understanding beyond instinct. 
“ When the people of the country travel through 
the woods, they make fires in the night, and in 
the morning, when they are gone, the Pongos will 
come and sit round it till it goes out, for they do 
not possess sagacity enough to lay more wood on. 
They go in bodies, and kill many negroes who 
travel in the woods. When elephants happen 
to come and feed where they are, they will fall 
on them, and so beat them with their clubbed 
fists (sticks?) that they are forced to run 
away roaring. The grown Pongos are never 
taken alive, owing to their strength, which is so 
great that ten men cannot hold one of them. The 
young Pongos hang upon their mother’s belly, 
with their hands clasped about her. Many of the 
