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seThe geological Society, London,
have again been very fortunate in OBJ
tanning two orang-outangs. These ins
terestng beasts are now accommodated
with apartments in the keepers room
adjoining the monkey house. They are
very funny and about as big as human
baby jast.beginnin g,tcrw week q They sit
in their box suirounSled with fiannels,
and nestle one against each other like
the babes in the wood Their features
are exceedingly human: in fact, | have
seen many human faces that are much
less human in appearance than these in
famine catarrhines, or apes of the old
continent, They are covered with hair,
long and scanty, and of a deep chestnut
red. The ears are very small and well
shaped. The orbits of the eyes promiF-
nent; the eyes very bright and observ:-,
ant y nc, eyelashes, but the eyelids are
surrounded by5a few stiff hairs. The
-ferearms are much longer than the legs I
,allthe hairs of thesforearm point to-
wards the elbow, where they unite with
those of the humerus, and end in a point.
The fingers are very long; in fact, the
hand IS more like a foot. The thumb is
placed parallel with the fingers, and is
not of the same service to the animal as
the human thumb. Allathe fingers have
nails of a blackish color and oval form,
but believe some have no nail on the
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alt is very ftnny90see the orang try
to walk upright, When heis put on the
floor he manages to progress by placing
Ais benttisfs upon the ground and draw
ing his body between his arms. When
moving in this manner. he strongly re-
sembies a cripple walking on crutches.
In state of nature, he probably seldom
moves along the ground !. his wholeeon-
figuration showing his fitness for climb
ing trees and elinging to their branches.
The length and pliability of his fingers
and toes enable him to grasp with facil-
ity andssteadiness; and the force of his
muscles empowers him to support his
body for a great length of time by one
hand or foot. He can thus pass from
one fixed obieet.to another, at the dis
tance of his reach from each other, and
can obviously pass from one branch of a
tree to another, through "a much greater
interval In sitting on a fiat surface,
this animal turns his legs under him.
In sittingsen the branehiof a tree, or on
rope, he rests onahis heels, the body
leaning fo1v ara gain St his thigh { This
animal uses his his, hands ggl Ike others of the
monkey tribe,,o, y7rsz 81 Il, -
g The orangs, as they SIT in their box,
look exceedingly grave and sedate.
They have somewhat the physiogomy of
IAN eastern prince who has no end of
riches and nothing particularly to do,
vet fond of being amused by other peo7
pie. i expect their intelligence is very
great. 1t is very old story that mon
keys can talk if theyTlike, but won't be-
cause they would be made to work. 1t
would indeed be a wonderful thing if we
could get one Of these orangs to artieu-
late even single word; and | should
Cmuchylike, the opinion OF one Of the
clever professors who teach the.deaf and
dumb people to articulate words.
alt is a curious fact that adult ami
mails are never taken, or | believe ever
seen, while the young ones are compar-
atively common The parents are, / be-
Heve, immense fellows, growing between
five and six feet, IN the 'Asiatic Re
searches, DR.. Abel gives an account of
a large orang having been killed by the
officers of the brig Mary Ann Sophia,
who had landed to procure water at a
place called Ramboen, near TOuraman,
on the northwest coaStaof Sumatra. This
,apparition, when moving, had the APP
pearance of a tall man-like figure. COW
cred with shining brown hair, walking
erect, with a waddling gait They man
aged to hunt him toa place where. there
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were trees, and they were obliged to cut
down the trees before they could drive
him to fight on the ground. 1t is stated
by those who aided in his death that the
| human like expression of his counte-
nance, and the piteous manner Of plac-
! ing his hands,oEer his woundss distressed
their feelings, and galmest made them
question the nature of the act they were
! committing T. When dead, lboth natives
and Europeans contemplated his figure
with. amazernent His stature at the
] very nallestlcomputatioh was six feet
Hewas said to be a head taller than any
man on hoard, measuring seven feet in
what might be called hisordinary stand
ing, posture, and eight feet when sus-
pended for purpose ofbeing Skinned
ssIt.seems probable that the animal
had travelled from some distance to the
I place where hewas found, as his leg,
were covered with mud up to the knees
i and he was considered as great a prodi-
gy by the natives as by the Europeans
They had never before met with an ami
nal like him, although they lived within
two days' journey of one of the vast AM
almost impenetrable forests of Sumatra
i They seemed to think that his appear
sanee accounted for many strange noise:
resembling screams and shouts ant
various sounds, whiclrthey eould neither
/ attribute to the roar of the tiger nor th'
HToieezof any other beast with whiel
/ they were familiarS '-ErdnE BUckiGnR
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