8 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



the run of the ship on the voyage t'> England, and would play with the sailors in the rigging. 

 When refused food he pretended to commit suicide, and rushed over the side, only to be found 

 under the chains. 



The orang is the least interesting of the three great apes; he lacks the power and brutality 



of the gorilla and the intelligence of the chimpanzee. " The orang," said its keeper to the writer, 

 " is a buffoon ; the chimpanzee, a gentleman." 



It is worth remark that, although all these apes soon die in menageries, in Calcutta, where 

 they are kept in the open, orangs thrive well. 



The Gibbons 



Next after the great apes in man-like characters come a few long-armed, tailless apes, known 

 as the Gibbons. Like the orang-utan, they live in the great tropical forests of Asia, especially 



Photo h Oittmar Annhutx] 



TWO BABY ORANG-UTANS. THE TUG-OF-WAR 



[Berlin 



the Indian Archipelago; like the latter, they are gentle, affectionate creatures ; and they have 

 also a natural affection for man. Hut it is in mind and temperament, rather than in skeleton, 

 that the links and differences between men and monkeys must be sought. It will he found that 

 these forest apes differ from other animals and from the true monkeys mainly in this — that they 

 are predisposed to be friendly to man and to obey him, and that they have no bias towards mis- 

 chief, or " monkey tricks." They are thoughtful, well behaved, and sedate. 



The SlAMANG, one of the largest of the long-armed, tailless gibbons, lives in the Malay 

 Archipelago. The arms of a specimen only 3 feet high measured 5 feet 6 inches across. This, 

 like all the gibbons, makes its way from tree to tree mainly by swinging itself by it^ arms. But 

 the siamang can r t 'alk upright and run. < )ne kept on board ship would walk down the cabin 

 breakfast-table without upsetting the china. The White-handed Gmsison is found in Tenasserim, 



