Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1838-06-27

TIE OUllANG.OUTANG.
The animal, which Is now In thi,
Guy, lBostonJ Is tho only surviving
one OF three which were procured OF
tho Island Of Borneo, in June, Of le97
iney were obtained at the request 81
several physicians in this country
VINO wished to examine infinitely tho
structure Of the animal for the benefit
OF medical science. Ii was the orr.
glnal intention to keep them till an Oh.
poftunIty occurred OF sending them
70 America, but the owner being I'M
der thc necessity Of taking the tour,
Drought them with him, hoping that
~one or more might survive the passage
Tor the qualification Of the admirers Of
nature. They were about one, two.
and three years old, the Mst d female.
ana lately from her native forests, and
on mat account an excellent subject
Tor the purpose. The othertwo were
very doclle, having been some time in
lhe hands OF the natives. They were
LED at first on boiled rice, with occa.
sl,onally pieces Of sugar-cane; but. on
observing that their attention. espe-
clally that ofthc wild one, was excited
BY the smell Of animal food, they we're
.rIed, and found to be fond of il. II
beng supposed that they were eyclu-
sively eaters of vegetable food, thev
We're allowed the bones from the ia
Die merely to satisfy them. AT one
Tune, however, some fowls were
placed near, and this same wild ami
mai was almostraving to get at them,
and though a man was watching them
with huge cane, she succeeded in |
ioitlng oil part of a fowl, showing
her carnlverous propensity even when
the llesh was in its raw state. They
had pieces of fish occasionally, and
salt, but seemed hungry for flesh. In
this way they continued till Decem- |
Der, when the wild one began to
droop, and about the middle of Janua-
ny died, having eaten nothing for two
or more weeks. About six weeks
after the next largest died in the same
way. Their digestion had been bad
Tor some time, and their stomach and
bowels became so irritable that they
could not take the blandest fluid ex-
cept water, paregoric even being al |
most instantly rejected. The third
was evidently going in the same way.
when It was commenced giving him |
regularly small bit Of beef, either
boiled or raw. His digestion soon
became good, his health improved, |
and he endured the cold and stormy
weather on the coast, and is now APP
parently as hearty as a buck, and is |
becoming more and more interesting
every day.
The description given of an animal
OF this kind in the Advertiser, was
doubtless correct; but that was full
grown animal, and this is but child, |
and its actions are childish. The fe-
male adopted it for her own. treated
it as such, usually sitting with one
arm around him, while he grasped her.
with both his, and at night they slept
each lying in the others arms. When
any thing was seen in his eyes or nose
she would suck it out, and with all the
affection Of mother would kiss the
little one many times day. The
animal, which is now in this
city, Is about two years old, stands
two feet high when erect, will drink
from cup, taking it by the handle.
will pull OIL his coat at night. andl
making his bed, will cover himself
with a blanket. lie is very gentle
in his manners when pleasant, though
violent when enraged, and will often
sit for hours on the floor, amusing him.
self with his play-things. He is very
ailectlonate TO those who treat him
kindly; bul t,l ~ s9laTea Degseas be man. /
'iests the greatest contempt. d1d 1ttvcn'js
hatred. He is very observing oil
things and actions, is fond of his Z
clothing, especially if the colors are
gay. lie coughs and sneezes, rapesl
md hiccoughs, laughs and cries. veryl'
much like child about one year DID,
lie is acknowledged by many to be
he greatest curiosity ever offered 10
he public in this country.-~Coarier.
Two distinguished officers Of The !