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cently brought by a Malay lad, in a proa, from 

 the Menangkabau country, in the interior of 

 Sumatra. The Malays at Singapore always 

 called the creature Ungka ; but I observe, in 

 the Linnean Transactions, it is called by Sir 

 Stamford Raffles, Siamang, and the Ungka is 

 therein described as a different animal ; the same 

 as that under the name of Onko, in the splendid 

 work on the Mammalia, (vols. v. and vi.) by F. 

 Cuvier, The natives, however, at Singapore 

 denied this being the Siamang, at the same 

 time stating that the Siamang resembled it in 

 form, but differed in having the eyebrows and 

 hair around the face of a white colour. 



The Hylohates syndactyla is described and 

 figured also in Dr. Horsfield's Zoology of Java, 

 but the engraving does not give a correct idea 

 of the animal, nor have I as yet seen one that 

 does. Three beautiful drawings were taken for 

 me, from the specimen I possessed, after its death, 

 in different positions ; and having preserved the 

 skeleton in the skin, its general appearance was 

 more natural than stuffed specimens usually 

 are ; they were executed by the able pencil of 

 Charles Landseer, Esq. 



On board the ship Sophia, during the 

 passage to England, ample opportunities were 



