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Friedrichsgemiind, and leave not the slightest doubt that 

 they really belong to the same species. In regard to size, this 

 Paleotherium is intermediate between P. crassum and P. me- 

 dium, but it has not received a specific denomination. 



These remains have been discovered in a helicitic limestone, 

 covered with loam. I have found this limestone to consist of 

 carbonic acid, phosphoric acid, lime, iron, and a considerable 

 quantity of manganese. Along with the Paleotherium are 

 found also the remains of other animals. I possess a molar 

 tooth of a hippopotamus, one of a rhinoceros, and two others, 

 which I have not yet succeeded in determining. Bones of the 

 hippopotamus and rhinoceros, sometimes of considerable 

 size, vertebrae of an ichthyosaurus, and other saurians, and, 

 among these, two flattened vertebra? of two inches diameter, 

 belonging to an unknown animal, have been discovered, and 

 sometimes occur also in the loam, which, besides, contains im- 

 pressions of vegetables. 



Akt. XXXVI.— ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS. 



Observations on the Habits and general Structure of the Orang Outang, or 

 Wild Man of the Woods. By John Jeffries, M. D. 



Having, in our last Number, laid before our readers an account of the 

 Gigantic Orang Outang of Sumatra, through the kindness of Dr Abel, we 

 propose at present to direct their attention to a very interesting account of 

 the Simia satyrus which was dissected by Dr Jeffries of Boston, and of 

 which he has published a particular description in Webster and Tread- 

 well's Boston Journal of Natural Philosophy, vol. ii. p. 570. We shall 

 confine ourselves to the account which he has given of the habits and ge- 

 neral structure of the animal : 



This animal is a native of Batavia. He was carried from Borneo to 

 Batavia, and came into the possession of Mr Forrestier of that place, where 

 he remained for some time. By him he was next consigned to Mr Charles 

 Thatcher, merchant in Boston, in the Octavia, Captain Blanchard. He 

 died on the night of the 2d June, the first after his arrival, disappoint- 

 ing the expectations of his owners, of great pecuniary remuneration from 

 his exhibition in public. 



In his external appearance, he resembled an African, with the neck 

 somewhat shorter, and the neck projecting more forward. He was three 

 feet and a half in height. He was covered with hair, except his face, the 

 palm of the hands and feet, which were all of the colour of the negro. 

 The hair was of a dim colour, inclining to black. It resembled the hair 



