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on his arms ; and seemed delighted with the tickling sensation produced 

 by the brush on his stomach and legs. He would turn from side to side ; 

 first hold out one arm and then the other ; and, when I attempted to go 

 away, he would catch hold of my arm, or coat-tail, and pull me back 

 again, to renew my little attention to him, daily bestowed. If I called 

 to him from a distance, and he could recognise my voice, he would 

 at once set up his usual cry, which he sometimes gradually brought 

 down to a kind of moan, but, generally, assumed his louder tone when 

 I approached him." 



It is not improbable that the Gibbon, termed Fefe in the frontiers 

 of China, may be identical with the Hoolock, notwithstanding the difference 

 between the two names. " In the kingdom of Gaunaure, frontier of China, 

 there exists an animal very rare, which they call Fefe. It has almost 

 the human form : the arms are very long ; the body black and hairy : it 

 walks lightly, and very fast." Recueil de Voy. &c. : torn. Hi. p. 168. 

 Rouen: 1716. 



Two specimens of this Gibbon have recently (1840) died in the 

 menagerie of the Zoological Society, London ; and are now preserved in 

 the museum. In one individual (both were young), the hairs around the 

 face had a brownish tinge ; on the top of the head, the hairs lay flat and 

 close, and were directed backward ; around the face they formed full 

 whiskers. The following figure (274) is a characteristic portrait of one 

 of these animals. 



274 



Head of Hoolock. 

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