6 Mr Grant's Account of an Orang-Outang from Borneo. 



Inches. 

 Length from the acromion process of the scapula to the 



end of the middle finger, 19 



From the top of the sternum to the pubis, 13J 



From the groin to the tip of the second toe, 15 



From the wrist to the end of the middle finger, 5| 



Length of palm of the hand, 3 



Length of sole of the foot from the heel to the end of 



the middle toe, 6| 



From the knee to the sole of the foot, 6§ 



From nipple to nipple, 5§ 



From between the eyes to the insertion of the head on 



the neck, 8 



Greatest circumference of the thigh, 8 



Circumference of the foot close to the roots of the toes, 5 



• round the shoulders, 19| 



__ round the loins, 13f 



at umbilicus, 18 



— above umbilicus, or round the paunch, 21 



Greatest circumference of leg, 5£ 



Circumference of hand over the knuckles, 5 



of head above the eyes, 14f 



from ear to ear round the occiput, 7| 



round the chin over the vertex, 17| 



Length of the ear, 1 £ 



Breadth between eyes, I 



Span of the arm over the breast, 57 



From the symphysis to the base of the ramus of the jaw, 4| 

 His weight is twenty-two pounds avoirdupois. 



The creature is rather more lively than we might expect an 

 orang to be, according to the descriptions of most authors. 

 Though active, however, gravity and sedateness mark all his 

 actions, and he has the air of a philosopher even when perform- 

 ing his somersets. Being generally chained, he is debarred from 

 satisfying his curiosity with regard to surrounding objects, and 

 it is this that gives an air of liveliness to his actions when set 

 loose. He usually has his habitation in an empty box, where, 

 with the aid of some straw and a blanket, he manages to nestle 

 very comfortably. He is fastened to the box by a chain se- 

 cured to a leathern collar round his neck, the former being of 



