Chapter 84 of Edward John Trelawney's quasi-fictitious memoir, "Adventures
of a Younger Son" (1831) records an encounter with an orang-outang in
Borneo, who is at first mistaken for a human being; it lives in a house,
and is described as semi-civilized.
P.S.:
James Fenimore Cooper, in his "Mercedes of Castille" (1840), uses the
following verse as an epigraph to Chapter 27:
Mac-Homer, too, in prose or song,
By the state-papers of Buffon,
To deep researches led;
A Gallo-Celtic scheme may botch,
To prove the Ourang race were Scotch,
Who from the Highlands fled.
Lord John Townshend
I have been unable to find the source of this epigraph, despite
considerable searching, and would dearly love any assistance anyone can
provide!.
Hugh C. MacDougall
Secretary/Treasurer
James Fenimore Cooper Society
8 Lake Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326-1016
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> From: Hunt, Stephen <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Apes
> Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 5:59 PM
>
> I would like to pick the collective brains of c18
> subscribers. I am currently researching the appearance
> of/references to the great apes (and monkeys) in late
> eighteenth and early nineteenth century literature as a
> part of a doctorate. I would be extremely grateful for any
> pointers or suggestions.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> Stephen Hunt.
>
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> Hunt, Stephen
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> "University of the West of England"
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