upright, holding in their Hands the Hair of their Neck. They keep in the Woods; they ſleep in Trees, where they make a kind of Roof that ſcreens them from the Rain. They never touch the Fleſh of Animals, but live upon Nuts or other wild Fruits. The Negroes, with whom it is cuſtomary, when their Way lies through Foreſts, to light Fires in the Night Time, obſerve, that as ſoon as they ſet out in the Morning, the Pongos gather about the Fire, and continue there 'till it goes out: for though theſe Animals are very dexterous, they have not Senſe enough to keep up the Fire by ſupplying it with Fuel.
They ſometimes march in great Companies, and kill the Negroes who happen to be croſſing the Foreſts. They even fall upon the Elephants who come to feed in the Places they haunt, and belabour theſe Animals ſo much with their naked Fiſts or with Sticks, that they make them roar out again, and fly to avoid their fury. The Pongos, when grown up, are never taken alive, for they are then ſo ſtrong, that ten Men would not be able to maſter one of them. But the Negroes take ſeveral
