34 DIVISION I. VERTEBRAL ANIMALS. — CLASS I. MAMMALIA. 



one tree after anotlier th:U his pursuers, by eoufining liiin witliin a very 

 limited range, were enaliled to destroy liim by suceessivc shots, some of 

 wliieh penetrated his body and wounded his viscera. Having rcceive<l five 

 balls, his exertions relaxed, and, reclining exhausted on one of the ))ranches 

 of a tree, he vomited consideralile quantities of blood. The ammunition of 

 the hunters being by this time expended, they were obliged to fell the tree 

 in order to obtain him, and did this in the full confidence that his power 

 was so far gone that they could secure him without trouble ; but they were 

 astonished, as the tree was falling, to see him efi'ect his retreat to another, 

 with apparently undiminished vigor. In fact, they were oldiged to cut 

 down all the trees before they could drive him to combat his enemies on 

 the ground, against whom he still exhibited surprising strength and agility, 

 although he was at length overpowered by numbers, and destroyed by the 

 thrusts of spears and the blows of stones and other missiles. A\'hen nearly 

 in a dying state he seized a spear, made of a supple wood, which would 

 have withstood the strength of the stoutest man, and shivered it to pieces. 

 It is stated by those who aided in his death, that the hiunan-likc expression 

 of his Countenance, and piteous manner of placing his hands over his 

 wounds, distressed their feelings, and almost made them question the nature 

 of the act they were committing. A\'hen dead, both natives and Europeans 

 contemplated his figure with amazement." 



I5y Captain C'ornfoot, who furnished the details of this animal to Dr. 

 Abel, he was said to Ijc a full head taller than any man on board, measur- 

 ing seveu feet in what might be called his ordinary standing posture, and 

 eight feet when suspended for the purpose of being skinned. A more exact 

 measurement, made afterwards, proved him to have been seven feet six 

 inches and a half in height. 



It seems probable that the animal had travelled from some distance, as 

 his legs were covered with mud to his knees. The natives, although they 

 lived within two days' journey of one of the almost impenetrable forests of 

 Siuuatra, had never seen one like it. They seemed to think that his ap- 

 pearance accounted for many strange noises resembling screams and shouts, 

 which they could neither attribute to the roar of the tiger, nor to the voice 

 of any other beast with which they were acquainted. 



LEMURS. 



The Lemurs constitute the last division of the order Quadrumana. They 

 may generally be characterized as having the four thumbs well developed 

 and opposal>le, and the first hind finger armed with a raised and pointed 

 claw, lunintr all the other nails fiat. H'hcir hair has a woollv character. 



