10 DIVISION I. VEKTEBEAL ANIMALS. — CLASS I. MAMMALIA. 



show the same charactcri.stics. They manifest a certain degree of the 

 rcasoiiin;;' facidtics,* hut fall flxr below the chimjianzeo in point of intelli- 

 "■encc. When young they are mild and docile, but as they advanee in age 

 tliey become degraded to the last degree. Ferocious, gluttonous, and 

 filthy, they seem a parody on man, and show what he Avould be were not 

 his reason kindled and invigorated by the divine flame which is constantly 

 streaming around him from the ideal world. Some of the species arc 

 remarkable for great activity, others are sluggish and indolent. The 

 females manifest an ai'dent attachment to their offspring, and will en- 

 danger their lives to save them. All show various degrees of that restless 

 mobility which indicates how much they are under the exclusive influence 

 of sensation, without being able to form conclusions from their repeated 

 experience. They are capable of imitating man in many things, and yet 

 fail where imitation woidd be useful. They enjoy themselves greatly in 

 warming themselves at fires which hunters have left in the woods ; but 

 although they have seen the men, a himdrcd times, replenish the fire by 

 throwing on fresli fuel, they seem to have no power to imitate this impor- 

 tant Orction, and consequently allow the fire to go out. 



The Our^vng as a Muudekeh. — An English officer in India relates 

 the following story : — 



"A wealthy zemindar, or land-owner, named Iloosian Kahn, was found 

 one morning dead in his bed, with his throat cut in a most shocking manner. 

 It was not cut clean across, as a suicide would have done it, but it was 

 hacked frightfully. Upon the floor, close by the bedside, was found a 

 razor covered with blood, its stout horn handle broken, and the shank bent. 

 -The zemindar had been an excellent man, respected by the people, both 

 high and low, and his shocking death was the cause of much excitement. 

 And first it was thought that the murder might have been committed for the 

 purpose of robbery ; but not an article had been stolen from the house. 

 The English watch, the jewels, the purse, and the leathern pocket-book, 

 which were with the clothing in the room, were undisturbed. I was called 

 to the scene of the murder as soon as it was discovered, and, with other 

 officers, did my best to unravel the mystery. There had been some strug- 

 gling on the part of Iloosian, as was evident from the condition of the bed; 

 but he had not struggled much. We found a large bunch of ban- upon the 

 pillow, where the murderer had held the head back while the fixtal work 

 was being done ; and this, together with the broken handle and bent shank 

 of the razor, signalled to us that the assassin must have been a fellow of 

 immense physical power. 



* Ouraiig, in the Malay language, signifies a reasoning hcing, anil ouiang signifies of llic 

 woods. 



