whoſe Race early diſperſed in the Woods never had any Opportunity of developing its virtual Faculties, and had acquired no Degree of Perfection, but ſtill remained in the primitive State of Nature. I ſhall give an Example to illuſtrate my Meaning.
"There are found, ſays the Tranſlator of the Hiſtory of Voyages, &c. in the Kingdom of Congo, a great many of thoſe large Animals, called Orang-Outang, in the Eaſt Indies, which form a kind of mean Rank of Beings between Men and Baboons. Battel tells us, that in the Foreſts of Mayomba in the Kingdom of Loango, there are two Sorts of Monſters, the largeſt of which are called Pongos, and the others Enjokos. The firſt exactly reſemble Man, but are much larger and taller. Their Face is a Human one, but with very hollow Eyes. Their Hands, their Cheeks, their Ears are quite bare of Hair, all to their Eye-Brows, which are very long. The reſt of their Bodies is pretty hairy, and the Hair is of a brown Colour. In ſhort, the only thing by which they can be diſtinguiſhed from the Human Species, is the Make of their Legs, which has no Calf. They walk
