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of these animals, two of them adult males, the third a young female, all 

 captured on the Garrow Hills, in the vicinity of the town of Goalpara, 

 Assam, between lat. 25 and 27 north, died in the possession of Dr. 

 Burrough, whose description of them is replete with interest. The skull 

 of one male, the skin of the other, and that of the young female (from 

 which Dr. Harlan's figures are taken), were deposited in the Museum of 

 Philadelphia. The following are the admeasurements of the adult 

 male, as given by Dr. Harlan. Total length two feet six inches. 



in. 



Length of humerus . . , . . . . . : 8 JL 

 Ditto radius ...::... 9 



Ditto inferior extremity .' 13 



Ditto foot 6 



GENERAL HISTORY. Previously to Dr. Burrough, Col. Gordon trans- 

 mitted to Professor Allamand a description of the habits of this species, which 

 appeared in Latreille's Bujfon, vol. xxxv. p. 140. Professor Allamand, in 

 his additions to the Dutch translation of Bujffbn, says : " Mr. Gordon has 

 sent me the drawing of an Orang, which the King of Assam presented to 

 Mr. Harewood, whose brother brought it to the Cape, where it died, and 

 Mr. Gordon made a drawing of it." The information Mr. Gordon acquired 

 is, in substance, as follows. The animal is called Voulock in its native coun- 

 try : the individual in question, a female, was mild^and gentle, disliked small 

 Monkeys, walked always in the upright attitude, and could even run very 

 fast ; when walking on a table, or among China ware, she was careful not 

 to break anything ; when climbing, she used only her hands ; her knees 

 were simliar to those of Man ; her cry was sharp and deafening, resembling 

 the syllables Yaa-hoo, Yaa-hoo, with the emphasis on the last syllable. 

 A low guttural sound expressed her feelings of content or satisfaction. 

 Her food consisted of vegetables and milk ; she refused animal food of 

 every kind, to which she manifested great repugnance ; when thirsty, she 

 plunged her fingers into water and then licked them. She could not 

 endure to be dressed in clothes, but, to keep herself warm, would cover 

 herself with pieces of sail-cloth, or other materials. 



Dr. Burrough, in his description, remarks, that Hoolock is the 

 Assamese name of this Gibbon, and that a full-grown one lived in his 

 possession from January to May. " They inhabit, more particularly, the 

 lower hills, not being able to endure the cold of those ranges of the 

 Garrows of more than 400 or 500 feet elevation. Their food consists, 

 for the most part, of fruits common only to the jungle in this district of 

 country ; and they are particularly fond of the seeds and fruits of that 

 sacred tree of India, called the peepul-tree, and which, on the Garrow 

 hills, attains a very large size. They likewise partake of some species 

 of grass ; and also the tender twigs and leaves of the peepul and other 



