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figure really could look gracious or conde- 

 scending. 



The creature was tame, and both mentally 

 and physically more debilitated than when I 

 last saw him, in 1830 : he appeared not even to 

 possess the intelligence of an orang-utan ; he 

 was attired in a dirty sarong around his waist, 

 and a loose baju, or jacket, exposing the cor- 

 pulency of his delicate form. A Moorman's cap 

 ornamented a small portion of his cranium ; his 

 look was listless, and without any expression : 

 he appeared every moment to be in danger of an 

 attack of apoplexy. The gentlemen who spoke 

 the Malay language, on addressing him, re- 

 ceived a grunt, or his language was so unintel- 

 ligible that his minister was obliged to repeat 

 the answers. All the attendants sat down 

 upon their haunches in his presence, out of 

 respect. 



On asking him his age, he replied (or rather 

 his minister for him) by demanding how old 

 we thought he was ; we certainly thought he 

 had not yet attained the age of reason. We 

 were afterwards told his age was not exactly 

 known, but it was supposed the creature was 

 fifty. As but little could be made out of this 

 pitiable object of humanity, we released him 

 from what certainly must have been to him a 

 misery, by taking our leave. On viewing the 



