22§ Defcription of the Orang Outang 



two kinds without tails, which BufFon places among the 

 pongos or jockos. Both are natives of Borneo, the only 

 place almoft where they are found ; and whatever travellers 

 may fay, they are as little to be feen in the forefts and wilds 

 of Java as the lions and elephants reprefented on fome charts 

 of that ifland. The frnall fpecies which BufFon, by abbre- 

 viating the Congo name, calls jocos, are often brought to 

 Java by fhips coming from Bangarei ; and of this kind was 

 that fent alive to Europe in 1776, and of which an accu- 

 rate defcription has been given by Wofmaer. The orang 

 outang of the large kind, or the pongo of BufFon, is not 

 common even in its native countryBorneo j and much pains 

 and labour had been in vain employed for upwards of twen- 

 ty years, in endeavouring to catch one of thefe flrong and 

 mifchievous animals. M. Palm, the refident at Rembang, 

 was at length fo fortunate, on occafion of his being fent 

 on an important million to Sukkadana, to procure after a 

 great deal of trouble one of thefe animals, which he fent to 

 the Batavian Society preferved in arrack. The following 

 accurate defcription of it will, in my opinion, fhew hovr 

 fruitlefs it will be to fearch for the wild men of Bontius in 

 this fpecies of orang outang. 



The head in a certain degree is fomewhat fharpened from 

 behind towards the top. The mouth projects a little for- 

 wards, and on each cheek is a flefhy excrefcence [ykefachtige 

 Iwabbe) which extends fidewife more than the thicknefs of 

 the head. The ears are fmall, and lie flat to the head. The 

 eyes are fmali and prominent. The nofe, without any per- 

 ceptible elevation, confifts merely of two long noftrils, placed 

 in an oblique direction towards each other. The mouth is 

 fui rounded by thick lips, and in the infide has no pouches 

 (zacken). The tongue is thick and broad. On that of the 

 animal in queftidn there were found fome remains of green 

 herbs which it had eaten. Each jaw is furnifhed before 

 with four broad incifors, {landing between two thick canine 

 teeth, which rife above them. The face is of a dark brown 



colour, 



