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of face, which seemed to me some night-mare vision ; thus stood 

 before us the king of the African forest. He was not afraid of us ; 

 he stood there and beat his breast with his large fists till it re- 

 sounded like an immense bass-drum, which is their mode of bidding 

 defiance, meantime giving vent to roar after roar." 



The Ourang Outang ( Troglodytes Satyrus}. This creature inhabits 

 the interior of Borneo, and other large islands of the Indian Ocean, 

 and when young, is said to resemble man more than any other 

 animal. The body is covered with coarse reddish hair, the face is 



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smooth and of a bluish tint, and the thumbs of the hinder hands 

 very short in comparison with the fingers. He is said sometimes to 

 attain the height of seven feet, and possesses great strength and 

 agility. He dwells in the wildest forests, and habitually keeps 

 himself upon trees, which he climbs with the greatest rapidity, and 

 springs from branch to branch with as much facility as the smaller 

 monkeys. On the ground, on the contrary, the Ourang Outangs 

 walk with difficulty, and are frequently obliged to place their hands 



