which the Antients exalted into Divinities under the Name of Satyrs, Fauns, and Sylvans. Perhaps more exact Enquiries will ſhew them to be Men. In the mean time, it appears to me as reaſonable to abide by the Account of Merolla, a learned Religious, an ocular Witneſs, and who with all his Candour was a Man of Genius, as by that of Battel a mere Merchant, or thoſe of Dapper, Purchaſs, and other mere Compilers.
What are we to think ſuch Obſervers would have ſaid of the Child found in 1699, which I have already mentioned; he did not ſhew the leaſt Signs of Reaſon, walked upon all Fours, had no Speech, and formed Sounds which reſembled in nothing thoſe of a Man: He was for a long Time, continues the Philoſopher from whom I have this Fact, without being able to utter even a few Words, and what he did utter, was in a barbarous Manner. As ſoon as he could ſpeak, he was queſtioned concerning his firſt Condition, but he no more remembered any thing of it, than we do of what happened to us in the Cradle. Had the Child had the Misfortune of falling into the Hands of our Travellers, they would
