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Borneo — The Ora.ng-Utan. 



toward its mouth notwithstanding all their efforts, so that 

 they were again obliged to leave go, or they would have been 

 seriously bitten. It now began climbing up the tree again, 

 and, to avoid trouble, I shot it through the heart. 



On May 2 I again found one on a very high tree, when I 

 had only a small 80-bore gun with me. However, I fired at 

 it, and on seeing me it began howling in a strange voice like 

 a cough, and seemed in a great rage, breaking off branches 

 with its hands and throwing them down, and then soon made 



FEMALE ORANG-UTAN. (Ffoni a Photogvaph.) 



off over the tree-tops. I did not care to follow it, as it was 

 swampy, and in parts dangerous, and I might easily have lost 

 myself in the eagerness of pursuit. 



On the 12th of May I found another, which behaved in a 

 very similiar manner, howling and hooting with rage, and 

 throwing down branches. I shot at it five times, and- it re- 

 mained dead on the top of the tree, supported in a fork in 

 such a manner that it would evidently not fall. I therefore 

 returned home, and luckily found some Dyaks, who came back 

 with me, and climbed up the tree for the animal. This was 



