26 THE ORANG-OUTAN. 
The Caypore, or “ Dweller of the Wood,” is covered with long curling hair of a brown 
colour, so thick as to be invulnerable except in a single white spot on the abdomen. Its 
feet are each furnished with two heels, one in the usual position, and the other in the 
place where the toes are generally placed. On account of this peculiarity, its footmarks, 
although they cannot be mistaken for those of any other animal, cannot be tracked, as no 
one can tell in which direction the footprints proceed. It is the lord of the wild hogs, 
and if any of its subjects be killed, its angry voice warns the slayer to make his escape. 
The upper portion of its body is that of an ape, and from the waist downwards, that of a pig. 
It may be seen in the middle of the wild swine, riding upon the largest of the herd. 
THE ORANG-OUTAN.—Simia Sdlyrus. 
It is most remarkable that there should be similar legends in Western Africa, in 
3orneo, and in Brazil ; and the elucidation of the mystery would in all probability bring 
to light some curious phy sical facts. 
The Orang-outan is a native of Asia, and only to be found upon a small portion of 
that part of the globe. Borneo and Sumatra are the lands most favoured by the Orang- 
outan, which inhabits the woody districts of those islands, and there rules supreme, 
unless attacked by man. 
