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itself useful to its captors. ^lonsieur Dc Graiidpru speaks tlius of this 

 aniiual : " Ilis sagacity is extraordinary; lie generally walks upon two 

 legs, supporting himself with a cane. The negro fears hiiu, and not with- 

 out reason, as he sometimes treats him very roughly." 



The Chimpanzee as a .Sailoi;. — Tlic same writer says he saw a 

 female chimpanzee on board a ve.s.sel which exliihited wondcrfid proofs of 

 intelligence. She had learned, among otlier arts, to heat the oven; slie 

 took great care not to let the coals fall out, wliirli might iiave done mischief 

 to the .ship ; and she was very accurate in observing when the oven was 

 heated to the proper degree, of which she inmiediately apprised tlie baker, 

 who, relying witli perfect confidence upon her information, carried his 

 dough to the oven as soon as the chimjianzee came to fetch him. Tliis 

 animal performed all the business of a sailor ; spliced ropes, handled tiic 

 sails, and assisted at unfurling them; and she was, in fact, considered by 

 the sailors as one of themselves. 



" The vessel was bound for America ; but tlie poor animal was not 

 destined to see that country, having fallen a victim to the brutality of tlie 

 first mate, who inflicted very cruel chastisement upon her, wliich slie liad 

 nut deserved. She endured it witli the greatest patience, only holding out 

 lier hands in a suppliant attitude, to break the force of the blows she 

 received. But from that moment she refused to take any food, and died 

 on the fifth day from grief and hunger. She was lamented I)y ail persons 

 on board, not insensible to the feelings of humanity, who knew the circum- 

 stances of her fate." 



Other interestinc: details concerninir this remarkable animal will lie found 

 among the miscellaneous anecdotes of the Simiadai. 



Gexus VmiECVs(S'imia sati^/rus, Linn. ) . The ourang takes rank next to 

 the Chimpanzee, witli whicli it has often been confounded. Its hair is of a 

 reddish hue, and very coarse, its face bluish, and its hinder thumbs, in com- 

 parison with the toes, are very short. It is fotmd only in the most eastern 

 j)arts of Southern Asia, such as ^lalacca, Coeliin-China, and the Island of 

 ISorneo. Tiie ourangs of Borneo attain to the largest size, growing to be 

 five or six feet high, and are descriljcd as terrible animals, endowed with 

 extraordinary strength, one of them being more than a match for several 

 miarmed men. They are frugivorous in tlicir natural state, but the fm-m 

 and disposition of their teeth indicate that, like man, they can adapt them- 

 selves to any kind of food, cither flesh or vegetables. 



Four species of ourangs are known, viz., the red ourang — S'/'mia 



mti/rus, ovi'i/hecus safi/riis, of Desmarest ; the Pit/iccus Wonnbil; PilJie- 



cus AbeJii, and Pitliecus mon'o. They exhibit some differences in the 



formation of the cranium and the profile of the face, but otherwise generally 



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