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Burrounded by their long arms, and having the head 

 concealed between their limbs. Dr Horsfield mentions, 

 on the contrary, that a Siamang in the possession of 

 Sir Stamford Raffles, was remarkably tame and tract- 

 able, and was never happy but when allowed to be in 

 company with some one ; and another described by 

 Mr George Bennet, from observations made during a 

 voyage from India to this country, snowed a lively 

 affection towards himself and those who behaved 

 kindly to it.* Sir Stamford Raffles mentions having 

 seen a specimen entirely white. 



The other animals contained in this group n&ve 

 naked callosities on the buttocks, like the baboons, 

 and in their dispositions are more active. One of the 

 first known, though till lately involved in obscurity, 

 is the Simla lar of Linnaeus; the long-armed ape 

 of Pennant. This was thought to be subject to a varia- 

 tion in the colour of the wrists and hands to white ; 

 but the distinction has turned out to be that of 

 different species, and for that with white hands M. 

 Geoffroy Saint Hilaire has retained the old name of 

 lar, while the totally black species has been dedica- 

 ted by the same gentleman to Sir Stamford Raffles, 

 under the name ofHylobates Rafflesii. Another ani- 

 mal allied to these, and generally described as a variety 

 under the title of Lesser Gibbon, seems yet to be held 



* See that gentleman's interesting description in Loudoa'a 

 Magazine of Natural History, vol. v. JK 131. 



