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mentioned ; which, notwithstanding the pain of their scratches, it per- 

 sisted in placing upon its head: the propensity to put things on its 

 head was very marked ; whatever it got hold of, was treated in this 

 manner. On board ship, during its passage to France, the motion of 

 the vessel rendered it timid, or distrustful of its own powers ; and it 

 was not until its owner, to whom it was strongly attached, had set it the 

 example, and induced it to follow, that it would venture to ascend the 

 rigging. On the whole, its docility, gentleness, and intelligence were of 

 a high order ; in which respects it agrees with the individuals which the 

 Author has had opportunities of observing. 



In the year 1817, a young male Bornean Orang, procured by Dr. Abel, 

 at Java, was brought to London, and survived his importation from the 

 August of that year to April, 1819 ; during which period he was in the 

 custody of Mr. Cross, at Exeter 'Change. His height, from the crown 

 of the head to the heel, was two feet seven inches ; his hair was of a 

 brownish red ; on the back six inches long, and on the arms five. On 

 his first arrival, the breast and abdomen were nearly naked, but subse- 

 quently became covered with hairs ; the face had no hair, except at the 

 sides, somewhat in the manner of whiskers, and a very thin beard ; the 

 head, viewed in front, was pear-shaped, the cranium being much the 

 larger end ; the eyes were close together, oval, and of a dark brown ; 

 the eyelids fringed with lashes; the nose was confluent with the face, 

 except at the nostrils, which were a little elevated ; nares, narrow and 

 oblique ; lips, narrow ; the chin was less projecting than the mouth ; 

 below it, a pendulous membrane gave the appearance of a double chin, 

 and swelled out when the animal was angry or much pleased ; the pre- 

 vailing colour of the skin, beneath the hair, was bluish grey ; the eyelids 

 and margin of the mouth, light copper-colour ; the inside of the hands 

 and feet, deeper copper ; and two copper-coloured strips extended from 

 the arm-pits down each side of the body. 



His progression on a flat surface was accomplished by placing his bent 

 fists on the ground, and drawing his body between his arms ; thus resem- 

 bling a person decrepit in the legs, supported on stilts. He was utterly 

 incapable of walking in a perfectly erect posture : he betrayed this in his 

 whole exterior conformation, and never, willingly, attempted to counteract 

 its tendency : his head leaning forward, and forming a considerable angle 

 with the back, threw the centre of gravity so far beyond the perpendicular, 

 that his arms, like the fore-legs of other animals, were required to support 

 the body. So difficult, indeed, was it for him to keep the upright position 

 for a few seconds, under the direction of his keeper, that he was compelled, 

 in the performance of his task, to elevate his arms above his head, and 

 to throw them behind him, to secure his balance. 



While resting on a flat surface, the animal turned his legs under him. 



