VERTEBRATA. MAMMALIA. 



committing. He was more than seven feet high, with 

 a broad expanded chest, and narrow waist. His 

 chin was fringed with a beard, that curled neatly on 

 each side, and formed an ornamental, rather than 

 frightful appendage to his visage. His arms were 

 long even in proportion to his height, but his legs 

 were much shorter. Upon the whole he was a won- 

 derful beast to behold, and there was more about 

 him to excite amazement than fear. His hair was 

 smooth and glossy, and his whole appearance shewed 

 him to be in the full vigour of youth and strength. 

 This specimen is preserved in the Museum of the 

 Asiatic Society.* 



Proceeding from the Orangs, we arrive at the 

 genus 



Hylobates,-\ the Gibbon, 



These approximate to the Monkeys, by the naked 

 callosities on the rump, but the absence of both tail 

 and cheek-pouches shews their affinity to the pre- 

 ceding. Their most remarkable peculiarity is the 

 exceeding length of their arms. They all inhabit 

 the East Indian Islands. 



The Siamang, (H. Syndactyla^ was first discover- 

 ed by Sir Stamford Raffles, to whom science is so 

 deeply indebted. The second and third toes of the 

 hind foot, or, considering it as a hand, the fore and 



* Asiatic Researches, vol. xv. p. 490. 



t "TXtf, hyle, a wood, and ftxivu, baino, to go. 



| 2t*v, syn, together, and 2xrfX0j, daktylos* a finger. 



