36 THE EARBFROUSSA, OURANG OUTANG. 



it is about the size of a goat, of a deep-reddish brown, with 

 the under parts of the body of a yellowish white ; the 

 horns are about eight inches high, upright, slender, and 

 strongly hooked at the tip ; their colour is black. The 

 hair of the Chamois is long; the tail is blackish. The 

 skin of the Chamois is much esteemed for fine leather. 



THE BARBYROUSSA 



Is about the size of a common hog, but of a longer form 

 and more slender limbs; its colour is a dark brown, and it 

 is covered with a fine, short, woolly hair, interspersed with 

 bristles ; its upper tusks, instead of being inside the mouth, 

 grow upwards through the skin, and become, with age, so 

 long and curved as to touch the forehead and again curve 

 inwards, thus losing their power of offence ; the lower 

 tusks are long and curved, but much smaller than the 

 others. The Barbyroussa is a gregarious animal, found in 

 large herds in many parts of Java, and others of the 

 Indian islands ; their food is entirely vegetable : it is 

 said, that when sleeping, or resting in a standing posture, 

 they will hook themselves by their tusks to the lower 

 branches of the trees : they can swim to a great distance : 

 their voice resembles that of the common hog. The in- 

 habitants of the Indian islands sometimes tame the Bar- 

 byroussas ; they consider them as wholesome food. 



THE OURANG OUTANG. 



The foremost of the Ape kind, the Ourang Outang, or 

 Wild Man of the Woods, is seen of different sizes, from 

 three to seven feet high. In general, however, its nature 

 is less than that of a man ; but its strength and agility 

 much greater. Travellers who have seen various kinds 

 of these animals in their native solitudes, give us sur- 

 prising relations of their force, their swiftness, their 

 address, and their ferocity. 



The animal which was described by Dr. Tyson, was 

 brought from Angola in Africa. The body was covered 

 with hair, which was of a coal black colour, more re- 

 sembling human hair than that of brutes. The face was 

 almost human, but its eyes were deep sunk in the head. 



