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introduced into England, to the gardens of the Zoo- 

 logical Society, but has not, I believe, lived long. 

 The fur of this gentle little animal is grey ; its face, 

 hands, and feet, are jet black; in features it more 

 resembles those of the human race than the orang 

 utan, or any other I have seen ; it has no tail, and 

 feeds on fruits and insects; is delicate, and does 

 not, though it becomes very gentle, live long in con- 

 finement. It is abundant in the jungle, and in the 

 morning may be heard, close to the houses at Sarawak, 

 uttering its peculiar note, which has been aptly com- 

 pared to the noise made by water being poured out of 

 a bottle. The moniet is a pretty little monkey, with 

 a long tail and grey fur, easily tamed, and very 

 amusing. The bruk, (Innuus nemestrimus), is a large 

 and disgusting short-tailed animal of the baboon kind. 



Besides these are many others not distinguished by 

 particular names ; many of them are perfectly unknown 

 to the naturalist, and would be very interesting to the 

 learned of this country. As all kinds of monkeys are 

 destructive to the rice-fields, the Dyak is equally their 

 enemy, and as these people esteem their flesh as an 

 article of food, no opportunity of destroying them is 

 lost; they are very abundant, and at night, about 

 sunset, all the trees on the banks of the river are 

 absolutely alive with them, they are in such aston- 

 ishing numbers. 



Reptiles, so abounding in moist and hot countries, 

 are found, as might be expected, in abundance here ; 

 and the large size of the alligators (Crocodilus 



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