14 ANECDOTES OF ANIMALS. 



College of Surgeons. The flesh of that in salt and water 

 fell from the bones, but it was possible to set the other 

 up so as to have his portrait taken, which likeness is 

 now in the museum of the college. The rum had so 

 destroyed the hair, that he could not be stuffed. He 

 was between four and five feet high ; his enormous nails, 

 amounting to claws, were well adapted for digging roots; 

 and his huge, strong teeth must have made him a for- 

 midable antagonist. There could not be anything much 

 more hideous than his appearance, even when allowances 

 were made for the disfiguring effects of the spirit in which 

 he had been preserved. He was entirely covered with 

 hair, and not wrinkled and bare in front like the smaller 

 chimpanzee ; and it was for some time supposed that 

 this was the Ingheena reported by Mr. Bowdich. Since 

 then, however, some skulls have been sent to England 

 from the same locality, of much larger proportions, be- 

 tokening an almost marvellous size and strength ; and 

 these probably belonged to the real Ingheena. They 

 go about in pairs ; and it is evident from their enor- 

 mous teeth, that, as they are not flesh-eating animals, 

 these weapons must have been given to them as means 

 of defence against the most powerful enemies ; in fact, 

 against each other. 



I now come from my own knowledge and personal 

 experience to those of others, and I cannot begin with 

 a more interesting account than that given by Mr. 

 Bennett of the Ungka Ape, or Gibbon of Sumatra, the 

 Simia Syndactyla of naturalists. He stood two feet 

 high when on his hind legs, and was covered with black 

 hair, except on the face, the skin of which was also 

 black ; the legs were short in proportion to the body 

 and arms, the latter being exceedingly long. His only 



