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generally takes his rest in a sitting posture, leaning 

 rather forward, with folded arms, and sometimes with 

 his face in his hands. Sometimes he sleeps prone, 

 with his legs rather drawn up, and his head resting 

 on his arms. 



" Of the black Orangs which I have seen, Tommy 

 is by far the most lively. He is in the best health 

 and spirits, and is a very different animal from the 

 drooping, sickly Chimpanzees that I have hitherto 

 seen. A good deal of observation made on the 

 Asiatic Orangs which have been exhibited in this 

 country, satisfies me that the intelligence of the 

 African Orang is superior to that of the Asiatic. 

 This intelligence is entirely different from that of a 

 well-educated dog, or a mere mimic, and gives me 

 the idea of an intellect more resembling that of a 

 human being than of any other animal, though still 

 infinitely below it. 



" The Pigmy of Tyson, and the Black Orang dis- 

 sected by Dr. Traill, and so well described by him 

 in the ' Wernerian Transactions,' are both stated to 

 have progressed generally by placing their bent fists 

 on the ground, and so advancing : indeed, Dr. Traill 

 says, that the individual which he saw never placed 

 the palms of the hands on the ground. The progres- 

 sion of Dr. Abel's Red, or Asiatic Orang, is described 

 to have been after the same fashion. Whether it is 

 that our Chimpanzee is in better health and more 

 lively, I know not, but he certainly passes a great 

 deal of his time in a position nearly approaching to 



