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He coDstrncts his nest out of small branches and 

 leaves, laid crosswise, and lined with fronds, or with 

 the leaves of orchids, Pandcmus fascicularis, Nipa 

 fruticans, etc. The nests observed by Miiller were 

 some of them still quite fresh, placed at a height of 

 from ten to fifteen feet from the ground, and were 

 from two to three feet in diameter. Sjme of them 

 had a lining of pandanus leaves several inches thick. 

 In others the branches intertwined for a foundation 

 were united in a common centre, forming a uniform 

 surface. 



The Dyaks say that the orang generally leaves 

 his lair about nine a.m., and repairs to it again about 

 five p.m., or a little later, when it is growing dusk. 

 He sometimes lies on his back, or, by way of change, 

 on his side, drawing his legs up to his body, and 

 supporting his head on his hand. When the night 

 is cold, windy, or rainy, he covers his body, and 

 especially his head, with pandanus or nipa leaves, 

 or with fronds of fern. 



Although the orang lives in the daytime on the 

 branches of large trees, he seldom crouches on a 

 thick bough, as other apes, and especially the 

 gibbon, are in the habit of doing. He keeps rather to 

 the slender, leafy branches, so that he really reaches 

 the tree-top. He has not the sessor-callosities found 

 on other apes, including the gibbon, and the hips 

 are not so wide and prominent as in those species 

 provided with callosities. 



The orang is a slow and deliberate climber. He 

 is particularly careful about his feet, and seems 

 much more sensitive to any injury to them than is 



