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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Capt. Flower brought a female Orang Outang from the East Indies aboard the Ship Speaker. The creature is described as nearly 2 feet long, tailless, with human-like hands and feet, covered in black hair, white skin, and reddish face and hands. It can walk, sit, and drink tea.
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Capt. Flower has brought with him on board the Ship Speaker, a Creature called in the East-Indies Orang Outang, (or a Man of the Woods) tho' this is a Female of that Species. The Body is near 2 Foot long, no Tail at all, the Feet and also the Hands are exactly of the Shape of a Hand of a human Body, only somewhat longer and smaller, with all the Lineaments, Nails, &c. She walks on her Feet, sits upon a Chair, takes a Dish of Tea and drinks it. The Body is covered with black Hair, as the Hair of a Bear, but the Skin is white, and the Colour of the Face and Hands is reddish, much like the Indians.