or Vngka Ape of Sumatra, k. 



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and, like the human species, was always better pleased when 

 he had his own way ; when refused any thing, he would dis- 

 play all the ebullitions of temper of a spoiled child, lie 

 on deck, roll about, throw his arms and legs in various 



directions, dash every thing about that might be within his 

 reach, walk about, repeat the same scene as before, uttering 

 during the time the guttural notes of ra, ra : the employment 

 of coercive measures during the paroxysms reduced him in a 

 short period to a system of obedience, and the temper was in 

 some degree checked. He had not an unapt resemblance to 

 a spoiled child, who may justly be defined as papa's pride, 

 mamma's darling, the visiter's terror, and an annoyance to all 

 the living animals, men and maid servants, dogs, cats, &c., in 

 the house that he may be inhabiting. 



The position of the feet, when the animal walks, is turned 

 outwards, and the great toe, which has a capability of great 



