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while others fly into a passion when such an affront is 

 offered. 



Ungka greatly disliked being left alone, and when 

 refused anything which he wished for, rolled upon the 

 deck, threw his arms and legs about, and dashed every- 

 thing down which came within his reach, incessantly 

 uttering l Ra, ra, ra.' He had a great fancy for a 

 certain piece of soap, but was always scolded when he 

 tried to take it away. One day, when he thought 

 Mr. Bennett was too busy to observe him, he walked 

 off with it, casting glances round to see if he were 

 observed. When he had gone half the length of the 

 cabin, Mr. Bennett gently called him ; and he was so 

 conscience-stricken that he immediately returned the 

 soap to its place, evidently knowing he had done wrong. 

 He was very fond of sweetmeats ; but although good 

 friends with those who gave them to him, he would not 

 suffer them to take him in their arms, only allowing two 

 persons to use that familiarity, and particularly avoid- 

 ing large whiskers. He felt the cold extremely as he 

 proceeded on his voyage, was attacked with dysentery, 

 and died as he came iuto a northern latitude. 



A female Gibbon was for some time exhibited in 

 London, whose rapid and enormous springs verified the 

 account given of her brethren by M. Duvaueel, who said 

 that he had seen one of these animals clear a space of 

 forty feet, receiving an impetus by merely touching the 

 branch of a tree, and catching fruit as she sprang. The 

 one in England could stop herself in the most sudden 

 manner, and calculate her distances with surprising 

 accuracy. She uttered a cry of half tones, and ended 

 with a deafening shake, which was not unmusical. She 

 made a chirping cry in the morning, supposed to be the 



