402 QUADRUMANA. 



female, on board ship, intending to bring them to Europe), these animals, 

 to judge by the individuals referred to, are very bashful ; insomuch 

 that the female, when earnestly gazed at, would throw herself into the 

 arms of the male, and hide her face in his breast. He adverts to their 

 intelligence, so different from instinct, which, together with their actions, 

 has gained for them the name of Wild Men : and he adds, that they are 

 said to be found in the inaccessible mountains of Java, but are most 

 abundant in Borneo. 



The Orang, in a very immature condition, has been imported into 

 Europe far more frequently than the Chimpanzee. The first living spe- 

 cimen, of which we have any record, was that which belonged to the 

 Prince of Orange, in 1776. It was brought from Borneo, and was figured 

 and described by Tulpius. (Obs. Med. 1. iii.) Vosmaer, also, gave an 

 account of it. 



It was a female, two and a half Flemish feet in height ; gentle, fond 

 of human society, active and intelligent. Its usual mode of walking 

 was on all fours ; but it could walk on its hind feet alone. As the 

 winter came on, its hair, which was previously scanty, except on its 

 back and arms, increased in length and thickness ; its colour was of a 

 chestnut red. The skin of the face was mouse-coloured, passing into 

 dull flesh about the eyes and mouth. It lived seven months in Holland. 



In 1808, a young female Orang was brought to Paris, by M. Decaen, 

 an officer in the French navy. M. F. Cuvier, who described it, and 

 recorded its habits and manners, notices particularly the mobility of 

 its lips ; its perpetual use of the sense of smell, as a test by which to 

 judge of the qualities of articles of food with which it was previously 

 unacquainted ; the indiscriminate nature of its diet, but its preference 

 for bread, coffee, and oranges ; its jealousy toward children, whom it 

 .was disposed to strike and bite; its otherwise affectionate and social 

 disposition ; its sudden fits of anger, during which it would roll on the 

 ground, uttering loud and harsh yells ; and its mode, when on the 

 branches of a tree, of shaking them violently on the attempt of a pursuer 

 to mount after it. He also mentions, as proofs of its intelligence, that, 

 when it could not manage to fill the spoon properly with food, it would 

 hand the instrument to some one, with an expression that well conveyed 

 its meaning. It drank from a glass, holding it in both hands ; and, on one 

 occasion, having replaced the glass on the table, but perceiving that it 

 was in danger of being thrown over, the animal put its hand under the 

 glass, so as to prevent it from falling ; thus evidently shewing that it was 

 not only aware of the consequence, but, likewise, of the means of pre- 

 venting it. To this is added an account of the animal's care in ad- 

 justing its bed ; and in covering itself up warmly, with blankets and other 

 materials, when retiring to rest. Its fondness for two kittens is also 



