, 1870-01-09
The ORANG-UTAN AT HOME

Ttcec who With 10 FAKE themselves bcqoAll-
snorld strdy Professor uu1eY,s admirable e5ssy
uton this sueject u "Mans Placs ID Nature"
II Ills ts.sy the Professor gives an historical
1t9s-when P'gafeiia's = Description Of the HIS
tory OF Congo" appea1ed-to the present date,
when we 1eco9L,ho four distinct 9nds, namely.
the gibbons aid the Oran2a Of the East, aud the
chn psLzees aud The goliilas which are found orl5
IN Western Africa; TACT " whtch 1t las taken la:-
utalll1s neaIly two centuries TO establish. For
lorg tins there wss great confusion between
the apes OF Africa AID the Eastern Archipelago
pongIf, mardr1lIs, boggoes, pygDles, jockos, and
orAl gs beng regarded as rEose Or less eynony-
mGuA
The erst tue orarg that was ever brought alive
to Europe waa ore tRst was sent from Borueo to
BY yosmaer, and after ita death, which occurred
lsss ,lan Jeat. Il was diseected BY the famols
Dutch anasoniai, Camper , ,.nu
idtnt ii Renban9, gave graphic ae.crtr;ion Of An
oranz hunt Ai'es offering II rain hundred do.
cats e he ns;'ses for an oanz q four o. ats fss
did our beat TO take the lgbIu! beaat alive ia the
to est twnat eau more c1eaiy express he Intensity
OF Datchu an's 1eelinQs!l 20 anxious were We not
to let him escape 1his Eane lasted from
mi1 ed to shoot him, In which l succeeded very
well, Tor tue bullet vent Inst Into the sidc Of hts
Chest. We got him into the PROV stiil livtuK and
Wou1ds." His length from The head TO the heel
wss forty-nine inches; and his body Was sent to
Europe u brandy. but unfortunately the sntp was
This Is probably the earliest aothentlc history
CT an craig hunt There are few animals Rhoas
d,rtreht Kinds Of nap.lke apes. Tuey lnhaol
rea:oLs nprtgnated With jangle-1eyelt and bonnd'
ed for The lnosI part By highly Ea.aT1ous coasss;
61ee = u %aaes nay bs found
Wlrder unsca,ned through the tropical wilds OF
ntnt Yrx f@r Hrof rn1IR
tons as he aude1s, and v.tnal, to think out
lectlonL"
Wallace explored. onl5 an intMtsa1u,A quantity
OF the great snpeltc,es Of Dorneo, aa may be seen
by reference 70 the map Of Ms t1arsa: aud
what natlrAl biRtolJ TnEdefg may be dlscoFeted
when alother " alace al1sea and penet1ates iarsJ
into TIE Interior Is u impossible 70 conceive. -,
a5x1r 01sI seasaee q on
the OIaDs jus: week Mtet his Arrival
at The co2i.mines, as be Vas collecting insec1
snon! IL s H Ras sf s 1s9 n as
hAnQlrg from the branches Of tree under which
be was standing. 1t passed on from tree 10 tree
sra!euer .eems cen y not t. I've had bis gun wisn him
About fortnight aIterHaru he was told that one
xss feeding on Tree, IN swamp mt oel9H nls
esVssa Ia + IS Sf saH. aos. Rs as
styul IsA a1oED. atd scarcely three feet high
On April &c, .~nen be was ont With Two
hlzc, Which, when ne nEco, fel With broken
1.uptto 10 secure /: alve; bat even 10 ita wouad-
ed q are, AID ulsnouen II as only haEgroxn, ~
wbs too tirotg for tnt Sc youlR faEaRea, drawing
tnttn loHart1 IT'S mouth, Notwithstanding All
ne ls 'h.1 hes sss oSsa
was tnen thot Though the hca17.
On NAY 2, he found one on re top OF vssJ
On Mu il2, he secured a fnll grosn female,
1hlee feet SIX inches high. and with Wtdin Of
arrs u s!x feet IL inches. she tsqolred nve
rom whence Ane was brought doWn hJ Al agile
DJak.
va reported u seen, and was Killed after TIRES
thots. When pIepa!lnE 70 cary II homs M neg
found 1eupg one face doNn"Hd7 IN the Dog
Exactly : week af1er ,ts capture, ION May
81, Mi. Wallace succeeded IN shooting =
1ulLgrnwn male oraoR ntan. The history OF
rot al he nsd rece,ved sl1 khoa That be axed
himself On the branches Of tree, In huch po-
ssion that he could nos AZ ano y ~ - en- 1e1P faP
two Ch,uAmen with axea % cnt down he nee.
IN bis absence plucty DJAk climbed towards tae
he he'd desse rlaocnes aEd c1eepess Of snien ne a.
Eosr oHpletely hid ht1utelt. The Tree wa1 luck.
lily strail opr, a1d When the axes stTFcd its
Greced @ b. @ 1upsls.lopes aid nd climbers to ID.
tuln:ng 1ieea tnat II would not tall Into more
man slopns potlI11n. i1 49, A lsss c,a,.6 do1x
10 snaxe very much, "and when wo had almost
g11ep up al hope, down he came with crash and
= thud itko tue isu OF = giant And ha wns giant,
hlS head az body being Iull az large - mans.
Hn ouH,rc,c ched ar1ua measured seveu leet three
lrchea nc1osa, and bis height neasurtcE fairy
from tbe TOP Of The head 10 The heel wa four feet
Two ircnes The BODY 1us1 beloH the Alua Was
three II ct Two cehes roo1d, and raa quito - lo2g
as q u9pR, The legs being exceedingly short IN
IrupoItion. He lid beeu dreadfully Wounded;
ooth legs were broken. oae hip in.nt and
the root Of The eplne completely Ahat.
1ered, and tvo bullets rere found nassened IN his
peck and laws, Tet he xas stu al.ye when he
fenr His tkele,an ana ekln now adorn the nu-
senm II Derby.
Nearly fortnight after this adventure June q,
scnc D5nts fNled very nne rullerovn male
with sfeazs and chopper, !sw: miles srom the
aIu IN III mopth, making his teeth meet In the
ne.h slo,s re sinev, whlsa no to:c and 'aoeFased
On Jp1e is Mr. wallace shos3 another ina
sdu!s mae = tne az q lsed!ng % q oral gsen
ruIronr d. fne Iutmeo. and Vhich alone he seemed
70 ear, hung Cd The thick outer rnd, and dropping