⟨of⟩ the young ones after killing the Mother, from whoſe Body, they cling ſo faſt to it, it is no eaſy Matter to part them. When one of theſe Animals dies, the reſt cover his Body with a Heap of Leaves or Branches. Purchaſs adds, that in his Conferences with Battel he had been informed by himſelf that a Pongo one Day carried off from him a little Negroe, who ſpent a whole Month among theſe Animals; for they do no Harm to the Men they ſurprize, provided their Captives do not look at them, as the little Negroe obſerved. Battel has not deſcribed the ſecond Species of Monſter.
Dapper confirms that the Kingdom of Congo is full of theſe Animals, which in the Eaſt Indies are known by the Name of Orang-Outang, that is to ſay, Inhabitants of the Woods, and which the Africans call Quojas-Morros. This Beaſt, he ſays, is ſo like a Man, that ſome Travellers have been ſilly enough to think it might be the Offspring of a Woman and a Monkey: a Chimera which the Negroes themſelves laugh at. One of theſe Animals was brought from Congo to Holland, and pre-
