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 that the Monkey does not belong to the Human Species, not only becaue he wants the Faculty of Speech, but above all becaue his Species has not the Faculty of improving, which is the pecifick Characteritic of the Human Species. But it does not appear that the ame Experiments have been made with the Pongos and the Orang-Outang carefully enough to afford the ame Concluion. There is however a Method by which, if the Orang-Outang or uch other Animals were of the Human Species, the mot illiterate Obervers might make themelves ure of it; but beides that a ingle Generation would not be ufficient for uch an Experiment; it mut be conidered as impracticable, becaue it is neceary that what is now no more than a Suppoition hould be proved a Fact, before the Experiment requiite to acertain the Reality of it could be innocently made.

Haty Concluions, and uch as are not the Fruits of a well-enlightened Reaon, are apt to run to great Lengths. Our Voyagers make Beats under the Name of Pongos, Mandrills, and Orang-Outang, of the very Beings,