8 THE UNGKA-ETAM. 



himself with the other. He was very cleanly in his mode of 

 feeding, and always used his fingers to convey the food to his 

 mouth. He was far advanced in that catarrhal complaint which 

 never fails to carry off the ape after a few months' residence 

 in our moist and variable climate - } and though it was fine 

 summer weather, he carefully wrapped himself up in his small 

 blanket, as if aware of the benefit he derived from it. When 

 forced to throw it aside for the purpose of showing himself to 

 the company, the mild but expressive looks with which he 

 reproached what he, no doubt, considered the harsh and cruel 

 commands of his keeper, conveyed his feelings as plainly as 

 if they had been expressed in the most eloquent language. 



THE UNGKA-ETAM. (Hylobates Rafflesii.) 



This species was discovered by Sir Stamford Raffles, and is 

 said to be so scarce, that M. Duvaucel, who first made it known, 

 saw nothing of it until he had been fifteen months zoologising 

 in Sumatra ; and it was only a short period before leaving the 

 island, that he met with it in the neighbourhood of Padang. 

 Mr. Ogilby, who has examined a fine specimen in the British 

 Museum, and numerous others in the Museum des Pays Bas, 

 at Leyden, gives the following description of this species : 



*' The hair is thick, furry, and of an uniform glossy black 

 colour, and assuming in certain lights a shade of deep brown, 

 most conspicuous on the loins and outer face of the thighs, 



