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sorts of wine, but preferred Malaga. After eating, 

 it always wiped its mouth, and when presented 

 with a toothpick, always used it in a proper man- 

 ner. This animal lived seven months in Holland, 

 and was brought from the island of Borneo. 



Two other very remarkable species of Ape are 

 those called the long-armed Apes, or Gibbons. One 

 of these is of a black colour, with the arms of such 

 a length, that the tips of the fingers touch the 

 ground when the animal stands upright. It is a 

 native of India, and grows to the height of about 

 three feet. It is remarkable for having been once 

 placed by Linna3us, in one of the earlier editions 

 of the Systema Nature, under the genus Homo, 

 having been considered at that time as being still 

 more nearly related to the Human race than even 

 the Gran Otan. It was the Simla Lar of Linnssus, 

 and is finely represented in Miller's Miscellaneous 

 plates of Natural history*. The other species of 

 Gibbon, or long-armed Ape, differs from the pre- 



* But besides this animal, Linnaeus, in 8orae editions of the 

 Systema Naturae, once introduced a species under the name of 

 flw/;r> Nocturne, which was evidently no other than the Oran 

 Otan, indistinctly described, with various circumstances of aggra- 

 vation, from certain voyages and travels. 



