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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 <[log in to unmask]> <http://library.cmsu.edu/cooper/cooper.htm> ---------- > 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. > > ---------------------------------------- > Hunt, Stephen > Email: [log in to unmask] > "University of the West of England" > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%