This difficulty therefore of their being called Men, I think, may fairly enough be accounted by what I have said.  But it may be objected that the Orang-Outang, or these wild or savage Men are not [Greek:  pygmaioi], or Trispithami, that is, but two Foot and a quarter high, because by some Relations that have been given, it appears they have been observed to be of a higher stature, and as tall as ordinary Men.  Now tho’ this may be allowed as to these wild Men that are bred in other places; and probably enough like wise, there are such in some Parts of the Continent of Africa; yet ’tis sufficient to our business if there are any there, that will come within our Dimensions; for our Scene lies in Africa; where Strabo observes, that generally the Beasts are of a less size than ordinary; and this he thinks might give rise to the Story of the Pygmies.  For, saith he[A] [Greek:  Ta de boskaemata autois esti mikra, probata kai aiges, kai kynes mikroi, tracheis de kai machimoi (oikountes mikroi ontes) tacha de kai tous pygmaious apo tes touton mikrophyias epenoaesan, kai aneplasan.] i.e. That their Beasts are small, as their Sheep, Goats and Oxen, and their Dogs are small, but hairy and fierce:  and it may be (saith he) from the [Greek:  mikrophyia] or littleness of the stature of these Animals, they have invented and imposed on us the Pygmies.  And then adds, That no body fit to be believed ever saw them; because he fancied, as a great many others have done, that these Pygmies must be real Men, and not a sort of Brutes.  Now since the other Brutes in this Country are generally of a less size than in other Parts, why may not this sort of Ape, the Orang-Outang, or wild Man, be so likewise. Aristotle speaking of the Pygmies, saith, [Greek:  genos mikron men kai autoi, kai oi hippoi.] That both they and the Horses there are but small.  He does not say their Horses, for they were never mounted upon Horses, but only upon Partridges, Goats and Rams.  And as the Horses, and other Beasts are naturally less in Africa than in other Parts, so likewise may the Orang-Outang be.  This that I dissected, which was brought from Angola (as I have often mentioned) wanted something of the just stature of the Pygmies; but it was young, and I am therefore uncertain to what tallness it might grow, when at full Age:  And neither Tulpius, nor Gassendus, nor any that I have hitherto met with, have adjusted the full stature of this Animal that is found in those parts from whence ours was brought:  But ’tis most certain, that there are sorts of Apes that are much less than the Pygmies are described to be.  And, as other Brutes, so the Ape-kind, in different Climates, may be of different Dimensions; and because the other Brutes here are generally small, why may not they be so likewise.  Or if the difference should be but little, I see no great reason in this case, why we should be over-nice, or scrupulous.