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town. It occurs also in some abundance on the Batang 

 Lupar river. Mr. Hose says that it is chiefly found near the 

 mouths of the rivers in Southern Sarawak. 



Hal)its. — The Proboscis Monkey, variously called Blanda 

 (or White Man) and " Rasong " by the natives, is an arboreal 

 creature living in small troops. " As usual," writes Mr. 

 Hornaday, "they were over water, and, being swift climbers 

 and quite shy, were hard to kill. I saw altogether, during my 

 ramblings in the forests of Borneo, perhaps a hundred and 

 fifty Proboscis Monkeys, and, without a single exception, all 

 were over water, either river, lake, or submerged forest. As 

 long as they are in sight they are very conspicuous objects, 

 choosing the most commanding positions in open tree-tops. 

 Once I saw thirteen in one tree, sitting lazily on the branches, 

 as is their habit, sunning themselves and enjoying the scenery. 

 It was the finest sight I ever saw in which Monkeys played 

 a part. The cry of the * Blanda,' is peculiar and unmistakable. 

 Written phonetically it would be * Honk,' and occasionally 

 * Kec-honk,' long drawn and deeply resonant, quite like the 

 tone of a bass viol. . . . The Proboscis Monkey is a 

 large animal of striking appearance both in form and colour. 

 Taken altogether, Nasalis larvatus is, to the hunter-naturalist, 

 a very striking object of pursuit, and were he not partially 

 eclipsed by the Orang he would be the most famous Quad- 

 rumane in the East Indies." 



THE MAN-LIKE APES. FAMILY SIMIID^. 



In this family are included the Gibbons, the Orangs, the 

 Gorillas, and the Chimpanzees, the most highly organised and 

 the nearest to Man in structure of all the Aiithropoidea. To 



