An Essay On the Natural History of Guiana in South America Containing a Descr
An Essay On the Natural History of Guiana in South America Containing a Descr
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The Ape, here called a Quato, is large, and covered all over with long black hair, except the face, which is K 2 bald, ( 132 ) bald, and wrinkled. The ears are large, and of a human form, the eyes deeply funk in their orbits, and the nofe very much refembling that of a Negro, but fmaller. The body is near two feet in length, and round the thorax about eighteen inches in circumference. They have neither beard nor taiL Thefe ani- mals are frequently tamed, and in all their aftions demonftrate an ...uncommon degree of art and dexterity, not with- out a mixture of that mifchievous figa- city for which they are remarkable. When their hands or fore feet are tied behind the back, they will walk and run in an ereft polition for a whole day, with the fame eafe and familiarity as though they were in their natural po- fture. When one of thefe animals is beat, he immediately runs and climbs a lemon or orange tree ; and, if he is purfued, will pick the lemons and oran- ges, and drop them on the head of the pur- ( 133 ) purfuer, and even endeavour to repel him by voiding his excrements upon him, at the lame time making a variety of grimaces, and affuming a thoufand ridiculous attitudes, which afford no fmall diverfion to the fpedlators.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The Ape, here called a Quato, is large, and covered all over with long black hair, except the face, which is K 2 bald, ( 132 ) bald, and wrinkled. The ears are large, and of a human form, the eyes deeply funk in their orbits, and the nofe very much refembling that of a Negro, but fmaller. The body is near two feet in length, and round the thorax about eighteen inches in circumference. They have neither beard nor taiL Thefe ani- mals are frequently tamed, and in all their aftions demonftrate an ...uncommon degree of art and dexterity, not with- out a mixture of that mifchievous figa- city for which they are remarkable. When their hands or fore feet are tied behind the back, they will walk and run in an ereft polition for a whole day, with the fame eafe and familiarity as though they were in their natural po- fture. When one of thefe animals is beat, he immediately runs and climbs a lemon or orange tree ; and, if he is purfued, will pick the lemons and oran- ges, and drop them on the head of the pur- ( 133 ) purfuer, and even endeavour to repel him by voiding his excrements upon him, at the lame time making a variety of grimaces, and affuming a thoufand ridiculous attitudes, which afford no fmall diverfion to the fpedlators.
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