14 MAN AND APES. 



will serve to convince any unprejudiced 

 observer what a mere brute it is. 



The Chimpanzee (Fig. 1) has often been ex- 

 hibited alive in this country, and is an attrac- 

 tive feature in menageries, not only from its 

 resemblance to a child deformed by preter- 

 natural wrinkles of age, but also from its live- 

 liness and the facility with which it acquires 

 a number of playful tricks. 



The anatomy of this animal was very accu- 

 rately described and figured by Tyson in his 

 ' Anatomie of a Pigmie,' published in 1699, 

 and the representation of its external form 

 there given is much better than many which 

 have subsequently appeared. 



The Orang (Figs. 2 and 3), which forms the 

 genus Simla is exclusively an inhabitant of 

 Borneo and Sumatra, where it attains a con- 

 siderable bulk, but not equal to that of the 

 Gorilla. Slow, solitary, and peaceful in its 

 habits, the Orang never voluntarily abandons 

 the lowland forests, which supply it at once 

 with shelter and with food. 



