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man, fancied the bear the aggressor, and began to 

 punish him accordingly. The Dyak fearing that perhaps 

 they might see the real offender, and both set upon 

 him, and terrified besides at the grunting of the one, 

 and the growling of the other combatant, ran away as 

 fast as possible ; but on returning in the morning he 

 found the bear dead on the field, and the mias also 

 dead not far distant, his spear wound having much 

 disabled him." If the story be true, the Dyak might 

 thank the bear for interfering, as a full-grown mias is 

 quite a match for a naked man, and generally before 

 he can be killed contrives to bite off two or three 

 fingers, or otherwise maim the individual. I have 

 seen several Dyaks thus mutilated by them. 



The long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasicus) 

 is exceedingly rare in the collections of Europe : 

 it is remarkable for its very long nose ; it is a 

 very fine monkey, in size approaching the orang 

 utan, but much less disgusting in appearance. 

 It is furnished with a very long tail, and its 

 fur is particularly fine, and of a pretty fawn 

 colour ; its eyes are very small, and bright ; its 

 teeth sharp and long ; its head is small ; it feeds on 

 fruits. The curious nose of this species is long and 

 fleshy, the bones of it not being larger than those of 

 other monkeys of its size; the hands and feet are 

 short, but very powerful, and the whole frame more 

 muscular in proportion than that of the mias. 



The 'wa-wa' (Hylobates) or long-armed ape, is the most 

 beautiful of all the monkey tribe. This species has been 



