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 is not afraid to attack armed Men; in a word, there is great Reaon to think that this is the Satyr of the Ancients. They are, perhaps, the Animals meant by Merolla, where he ays that the Negroes, when hunting, ometimes catch wild Men and Women."

Mention is likewie made in the third Tome of the ame Hitory of Voyages of thee kind of antropoform Animals, by the Name of Beggos and Mandrills; but to abide by the preceding Relations, there are in the Decription of thee pretended Monters very triking Conformities with the Human Species, and maller Differences than may be pointed out between one Man and another. We cannot dicover by thee Paages, what Reaons the Writers had for refuing to the Animals in quetion the Name of wild Men; but we may eaily gues, that it was on account of their Stupidity and Want of Speech; weak Arguments for thoe who know, that, though the Organs of Speech are natural to Man, it is otherwie with Speech itelf, and are aware to what a Pitch the Perfectibility of the Human Species may have exalted civil Man above his original Condition. The mall Number of Lines betowed upon thee