CHAPTER VII. 



STILL IN BORXEO. 



TRUST the reader will not object to prolong- 

 ing his stay in Borneo with me, to make the 

 acquaintance of this curious family of apes, 

 owing their name to the unusual proportion of their arms 

 to their legs, as is shown in our picture. The}^ are of a 

 gentle nature and easily tamed, and although less intelli- 

 gent than their cousins, the chimpanzees and orang- 

 outangs, they are much more agreeable to have anything 

 to do with. As they grow older they seem even more 

 sociable and good-tempered, — quite the opposite, as you 

 see, from the others. They are very common in the 

 forests of India, Java, Sumatra, and Borneo, where they 

 live in large communities under recognized leaders, at 

 wdiose call they meet at sunrise and sunset, with a fearful 

 din and chattering that must be heard to l)e appreciated. 

 Even when confined alone, these monkeys retain this 

 habit of greeting the orb of day with a harsh, monot- 

 onous cry, repeated when the night comes on, and gaining 

 in intensity and sendinfj power — as singers say — through 

 a pocket connected with the larynx in which they can 

 store up air. 



