NATURAL HISTORY. 15 



suers and escaped. When they wish to catch an adult, they 

 cut down a circle of trees round the one on which he is seated, 

 and then fell that also, and close before he can recover him- 

 self, and endeavour to bind him. 



" The rude hut which they are stated to build in the trees 

 would be more properly called a seat, or nest, for it has no 

 roof or cover of any sort. The facility with which they form 

 this seat is curious ; and I had an opportunity of seeing a 

 wounded female weave the branches together, and seat her- 

 self in a minute. She afterwards received our fire without 

 moving, and expired in her lofty abode, whence it cost us 

 much trouble to dislodge her. 



"The pappan is justly named Satyras, from the ugly face 

 and disgusting callosities. The adult male I killed was seated 

 lazily on a tree ; and when approached only took the trouble 

 to interpose the trunk between us, peeping at me, and dodg- 

 ing as I dodged. I hit him on the wrist, and he was after- 

 wards dispatched. I send you his proportions, enormous 

 relative to his height ; and until I came to actual measure- 

 ment my impression was that he was nearly six feet in 

 stature. 



" The great difference between the kassar and the pappan 

 in size would prove at once the distinction of the two species ; 

 the kassar being a small slight animal, by no means for- 

 midable in his appearance, with hands and feet proportioned 

 to the body, and they do not approach the gigantic extremi- 

 ties of the pappan either in size or power ; and, in short, a 

 moderately strong man would readily overpower one, when he 

 would not stand a shadow of a chance with the pappan." 



When young the Orang-outan is very docile, and has been 

 taught to make its own bed, and to handle a cup and saucer, 

 or a spoon, with tolerable propriety. For the former occu- 

 pation it proved itself particularly apt, as it not only laid its 

 own bed-clothes smooth and comfortable, but exhibited much 

 ingenuity in stealing blankets from other beds, which it added 

 to its own. The young Orang in the collection of the Zoolo- 

 gical Society evinced extreme horror at the sight of a small 

 tortoise, and, when the reptile was introduced into its den, 

 stood aghast in a most ludicrously terrified attitude, with its 

 eyes intently fixed on the frightful object. 



