the signs of reason on the point, which seemed necessary for the occasion. Off the Cape of Good Hope, he suffered much from cold, especially early in the morning, when he would descend from his sleeping place on the top of the mast, shudering with cold, and running up to any one of his friends, would climb into his arms, and clasping them closely, till he felt himself growing warm, screaming violently at any attempt to take him away. In his attempts to obtain food, while on board the vessel, he offered many opportunities of judging of his sagacity and disposition. He was always very impatient to seize it, when held out to him, and became passionate when it was not soon given up, and would chase a person all over the ship to obtain it. Sometimes, says Doct. Abel, I would endeavor to evade him by ascending to the mast-head, but was always overtaken or intercepted in my progress. But if he found it impossible to overtake, on account of my having somehow got the start of him, he would climb to a considerable height on the loose rigging, and then drop suddenly upon me, and rifle me of the food in my pockets. But if I, perceiving his intentions, attempted to descend, before he could alight upon me in that way, he would quickly slide down some rope, and meet me at the bottom of the shrouds, and then obtain his desires. Sometimes I would fasten an orange at the end of a rope, and lower it from aloft to the deck, but as soon as he attempted to seize it, drew it rapidly up out of his reach. After being several times foiled in this way, by endeavoring to obtain it by direct means, he would then alter his plan, by appearing to care very little about it,-removing to some distance, and ascend some piece of rigging very leisurely for some time; then by a sudden spring, would catch the rope, to which it was fastened. But if defeated again, by my suddenly jerking it away, he would at first seem quite in despair, relinquish his efforts, and rush about the rigging, screaming violently; yet he would always return, to a renewed trial, till he could seize the rope,-disregarding the jerking, and allow it to run through one of his hands, till within reach of the orange, and thus obtain it. The animal neither practised the grimmace, nor antics of other monkies, nor possessed their perpetual proneness to mischief. Gravity ap proaching to mildness and melancholly, were sometimes strongly expressed in his countenance. When he first came among strangers, he would sit for hours with his hand upon his head, looking pensively at all around him."

On board the same ship, there were several monkies, of which the Orang-outang would take no notice, when seen by any person; and if at any time he did allow them to play with him, it was by stealth; while with the boys and men of the ship, he would romp and play, freely and eagerly. At one time he was detected in an attempt to throw a cage of small monkies into the

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sea, as if he knew that water could kill them,-but was prevented by the sailors; this he did it was supposed-because he had noticed that food was given them,-which he desired himself. This Orang-outang remained in England nearly two years, when it fell sick and died: during which, it mourned and seemed afflicted, nearly as much as a human creature could have been, and seemed to implore assistance, and relief from pain, of such as stood near him. This animal was but a small one of the species, being but about two and a half feet high; while some have been seen in their native woods, as large as men; but invariably go on all fours, except under particular circumstances.

What animal of the earth, can compete with this, in giving evidence of intellectual subtilty, and approach to man,-as appears from the foregoing accounts? None, we may fearlessly state; proving, as we deem, that this is the creature pointed out in the text. This is the species of animal, one of which Satan, the fallen angel, an invisible spirit, made use of to hide himself in, to deceive the woman,-by inspiring it with the gift of speech, and faculty of more than human reasoning, for the time being. In its upright form, which no doubt, was its original position, well agreeing, in this particular, with the purpose of the evil one; we see the animal, earnestly soliciting, and reasoning with the woman:-heaping argument on argument, with address, volubility, and eloquence; more vehement and ravishing, than ever echoed in the halls of Greek or Roman eloquence; attended with attitudes and tact of persuasion, beyond all mortal power; with blandishments infinite, to allure the woman, in pursuit of knowledge, to pluck the fruit of that tree. (See the Plate.)

The mind educated to believe the animal was not a creature of the Ape genus, but a serpent, would do well to recollect, that the terms, as found in Genesis, "on thy belly shalt thou go," are far from saying, on thy belly shalt thou creep: as going, or walking, is very different from the creeping, or crawling motions of the snake; plainly showing, that to go on four feet or hands, is to go as pointed out in the text. Is it possible to conceive an idea more preposterous, than that a long tissue of a creature, such as the snake is, could ever have walked or gone upright, on the sharp end of its tail. If it is said, that it might originally, have had legs and feet: yet we cannot perceive, where they could have been placed, to any advantage to the creature, as they evidently must have been in its way. But, if to this, it is replied, that God, when he cursed the animal, took its legs off, and laid the creature out straight on its belly; we in our turn, reply, by asking the authority for such a notion,-as there is no allusion in the text, to any dismemberment of the animal. We have another argument, to advance against the animal's having