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npon the parish in the winter. Dispensing with their prof- 

 fered services, we went to Hutton's Museum, more to see the 

 man than any other curiosity ; but he being, unluckily, from 

 home, his daughter, an elderly woman, who has lived some 

 years at St. Petersburgh, showed it to us. What principally 

 attracted our attention was a large stuffed dog (very much 

 resembling a wolf, and having its propensities), which some 

 years ago spread devastation amongst the flocks of sheep in 

 this neighbourhood : a reward was offered for its destruction, 

 and, though hunted by men and dogs, its caution and swift- 

 ness eluded their pursuit, till it was found asleep under a 

 hedge, and in that position shot. Our next visit was to the 

 Lake of Derwent, where we rowed ourselves round the pretty 

 islands which adorn its glassy bosom, and were serenaded 

 by several herons soaring at a great height above us. [See 

 Vol. IV. p. 279.] In Keswick the number of notices of " bo- 

 tanist and mineral dealers " amused us, and we went to roost 

 highly delighted with the glorious treat which this day's walk 

 had afforded us. EL 



( To be continued.) 



Art. IV. Account of the Simia synddctylay or Ungha Ape of 

 Sumatra; the Anatomy of its Larynx, 8^c. Sfc. By George 

 Bennett, Esq. F.L.S. M.R.C.S. &c. &c. 



During a visit to the Island of Singapore, on the 1 3th of 

 November, 1 830, a male specimen of this interesting animal was 

 presented to me by E. Boustead, Esq., a mercantile gentleman 

 resident at that island, and who evinced a great and laudable 

 desire of forwarding pursuits of natural history. The animal 

 had been recently brought by a Malay lad from the Menang- 

 kabau country, in the interior of Sumatra. The Malays at 

 Singapore called this animal the Ungka; by Sir Stamford 

 Raffles it has been stated as bein^ called the Siaman^ amonff 

 the natives ; and the Ungka ape is described by F. Cuvier as the 

 Onko, in his splendid work on theMammalia, plates v. and vi. On 

 making enquiry among the Malays at Singapore, they denied 

 this animal being the Siamang, at the same time stating that 

 the Siamanoj resembled it in form, but differed in havinor the 

 eyebrows and hair around the face of a white colour. 

 ' The iSimia syndactyla is described and figured in Dr. 

 Horsfield's Zoology of Java ; but the engraving does not give 

 a correct idea of the animal. The following sketches {fgs. 42, 

 43, 44.) are taken from drawings made by Charles Landseer, 



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