New-York tribune., 1879-09-01

ourang Ia it's massive and muscular arm anu nav, NJ om
which tho animal depends ipanly for iocomouoh "en
an oureng asleep the most naturai pvsisou % no pnd
assume Is graspinS nrn hSnd,ni coarse and ten to NJ
teen inches IN length, and IN ohei spe'nons !, ~, 10
scan,y short and much finer. Tho loose SKIN on lils
throat and breast often hangs in great, baggI fO,d
Externally the Ourang seems 10 haVo no hees ~ az,
cSest /. MASSIVE. bat the pelvis IA small and the
lower lmbs are smnl short and con renpas'seS .sen,
weak The Our.ng never sits down. Ihe IeSs .h sothl
20 possess almost much freedom OF movement as he
arms. 80 . s,r,.s Prom,
his fellows, aud has rs many facial pccHattes o.i,"f
ing himself alone as can oo foand ~ tlo -
OF ANY unmixed race VI human beings Accgruhs 10
my experience Mr.. Hornsday sAid, 0uIsnss "ni aon
en- ether fuzzy much either Chinese NJ JspthesF
II not more. The faces Of tho more h'snig'n,
% Desson and in some tae e1hbitlon OF the
pas.ions which are pOpuisry supposed to- belong 10
human heimgs alone. IL truy rcmarsSbi1 hln ~ ~ NY
prs,ssoa Ia four young living "ursuss Three
were duh and inHaetsOie. but the iourtn was =
perpetual ndrr notO TO tsTGsefns 49, Is ,ne nnu anne sne
room with ibat watched u alaIos' con
stanty The s3pres.s1 Of s,,l,ec,Sa IT.; IrSs Wa. de
yeiopment OF its forehead snd entire era
enemy Of The theory Of evolution This Specimen was
"A ne nealthy mar iGf2ut about seven or eieLt months
oni so pounds in weight, He eYhnted fully muc
Intelligence as any calf uhu'r W. W. 'eS slre
Gsrer fear cunning PLAY funess and even
ennuii When reaspd beyond oniu'snce ne wDn would
lie wond throw himself upon the floor. sieEing anu
screaming and catching his breath as lo1diy anu MAJ
uraiy s big spoiled ii ii. He ~, AFRAID OF st'angcts
~ - mi bnt rc.ioiiy sItAcaeI to my CGnese servant
and myself. Then alrined ~ large " OF tS H'.i' an
ni ysb - v n~ tail with ihe very action ana
bright uscbievors express ION of lace tha' We "'S 81
seen i'll human cAhdrch.
THE OUEASG's FIGHTING PEOPINsIliEs.
Male ouraugs Al much given to hGhihS' eon'l""'"
M Hornaday US numerous scars o. some oi oar
,,u,.rs rl,,rly sboy Being purely fruii-enti1s au-
mails their lu.e canine tseih 10 hay' peen gwen
them solely "a weapons OF defence and "fehc'. oah
No IL carried the scars OF nsny ha.'hsn ''''e ~
,he tree t,os Large pieces had been btieh Out o p"
lips and his middle hugrrs had been ht'eh o"' re "4"
.so lost Two cf his toes Ia TINS way NAc'-
80 ,n, taLv ourAng become aDgry with ne ne
,,ra saiyo mo bY tse w1ss snd draw riy aad rp !"
his inonth In Borrco me onrtbg"u' lh lnhiD,
its that wide h.lt Of low f1r.stcoS sf". swamp '
which es oowren tae s~D.1 ~ ar"nuj . tn yeAtern
bsf OF fhe is.n year while O. ccl"C;mg cNpei-
non for Professor H. A. WaTd, Lnd ample olp
io study the habits OF Tho 0aA< Clttn II 10 'i-lN
,oresis visited BorueO in Angus. 1875, ior 70 80
purpose obtaining specimen OF tl1 borhesL snil"
and 10 stud ths different species yisuod the terri
tcry OF sar YAK and two and half uonths deVote
my en- r1 tune to hUntIGg tho 0nrAuE alohs tnc
RIVER ,ng and rs tributary. 'As simul.n. Ia's &
wroer = j. Qua vast swamp covered everywhere WIN
dense vwth OF lofty virsin forest During ths irul,
OF tho ouraug is the duron rnongssieen ana rInbnion
During tnc hot months OF May, June ~, Una sara. Iuy
aud arc exceedingly dlnicult to find. But inElng
T Ts,er wDeu he fosess are Hooded tho ourangs
are found In the vicinity OF the rivers soon iouu9
die up az" cow I.o % ~ 49, -, s,n,i,n River ana fan
h-yond the ss Dyak village found great nHubes of
old Ourang nests aud some "hich were qll,s tno
nest eona's Is, and Of eG f"' oosy inio g the forE
| OF a trru. Tls ourang usually so.eeIs saphns
aaS Ds~ 70 ~ sy sarni5ely lie oflcn builds
within twen;y yve :,et Il the ground A seldom higher
Ian feet. sometimes 1t Ia iuy thrse icct IA a.
ametsr but usually not more than Ho Ani quite Ia" on
the top There 10 10 wesylna toseihr. OF uIachrs. ~
short the oufAng builds htsI prtviS, ~ man win
bald for .hiInsof were ne 0sNsed 20 pass a
3 ai1 =, .sne M Win Ssve saen oao or two aca
o.. lacn IL the forest where TIE builder nad 0hS MS
coastyuctsd OF just such materials aaa III aooui I've
same position, the average ourang nest Upon ihiS
lty na'!Ol Tire Ourang mes promo upol his DncE VIII
ms lolS Si S,sp,SshIIe slrr,s f5c Yosres iarge
braucncs within his reach on several occ si1ns sur
panor,nn.,y t. watch an ouFang while consructed It's
become wiIhcred aud dry doubt because tho haze
branches are comfortable TO lie upon never saw
or heard VI any nous. -buildlng by ouroDg-outans.
vs. found the animals most Numerous along ne simu-
Ian roar IS sOnree. Que manner OF hunting wss
To- M ge tripe W and down TIE Tver III our boat pad
ime slowly and silently along. EespIng careful look
Sometimes n rouadins oeha III ne latei "e "oI
come nun upon huge blacL scrd f'snafei animal,
though tie chest ana thus either k t1en at oncr OF
dsspie them tney would b. unable 10 gei away
an several uceas si1ns 1 succeeded IN killing large
epeeinet wiz ,.T,er IN uave sHot iheiu trous1
soon 3s oaranG was hted az, II n"t Eilsi AZ
think We may fairy consider the ourancs the most
benless O, al quadrumana. OWING ~ the great weight
of ,Le bodies peculiar structure OF their hands
1hey raupGt rln nusby along the largest branches
and never dare 10 spring frOni one tree TO The next
Ihe weight OF the adult male ranges rom 10 TO 100
nnvpas Owing to dsproportonate shortness Of his
legs his progress depends manly upon As long sineTy
arms ana very often he goes swinging throush tree
top by their aid aione Upon the ground euranss
arc en5s forest oi nG Ihoy a Very seldom Known to
drsccnd 10 earth. They utterly Incapable of
ttr aads and for thonl represented IN drawings
ana museums standing erect is contrary to nature
THE oURANG AND EVOLUTION
Tn conclusion Mr. Hernaday remarked: We Will
t v ANYTHING about the part OF IN the long
chaiu OF evolution for feel that NO one present Will
,rish IN adni. MS OF her relationship But while
ahsiraet argument leads hither and thither
according as this or that wrtet is most ably
ci,,ed for argument there Is still one influence 10
which every true naturalist Is amcnsole ana which no
of natural Lot such ao one gu indeed such an
one e1 s 10 ss :rss snS Of Let him aere watch
from ay 70 day strangely human form al iIs var
phases Of eHsiene? Let nun n, see na, an6
Ssst Sat IKE UsI human "rcashs" Let HIN see tho
rs,nsIa suckle ner young and carry astride her
S,n nrecisely AZ do tho Cooo women o. Hntoostan
Let him witness thcir human-ike emouonS ~ arecton
ssi,sgrtion pain ard childish rage-let him SEQ oil ois
and tncu he may feel how much more patent has been
this lesson all he has read IN pages of abstract
rpuooinauon."
One of Mr.. Horneday's hearers humorously sug-
rested in conversation afterward that he could not
sea how any one with Darwinian opinions could 20
through snch an experience rs Mr.. Horneday
urges and then put a bullet INTO this hnman-iike
form without feeling that hc had murdered distant
relative possibly mOther-n-law Ot one OF his an
cestoIs in u prehistoric age.
PAPERS On CHEMICAL TOPICS
In the subsection of chemistry Professor L. W.
Morley described some details of an apparatus de-
signed to make analysis OF atmospheric air with the
greatest attainabc accuracy, and also to make
ANALYSIS of other gasos with ordinary accuracy. Pro-
lessor Morley had used with good results a novel
form of connection between the absorption
liz onlinr rr.il.r tnLn Of