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manifest a reluctance to defend themselves, preferring to retreat into some corner 
rather than attack their enemy. They walk erect; and, when placed upon a floor 
or in an open field, balance themselves very prettily, by raising their hands over 
their head, and slightly bending their arm at the wrist and elbow, and then run to- 
lerably fast, rocking from side to side; and if urged to greater speed, they let fall 
their hands to the ground, and assist* themselves forward, rather jumping than 
running, still keeping the body, however, nearly erect; if they succeed in mak-~ 
ing their way to a grove of trees, they then swing with such astonishing rapidity 
from branch to branch, and from tree to tree, that they are soon lost in the jungle 
or forest. 
«The individual in question became so tame and manageable in less than a 
month, that he would take hold of my hand and walk with me, helping himself 
along at the same time with the other hand applied to the ground, as described 
above. He would come at my call, and seat himself in a chair by my side at the 
breakfast-table, and help himself to an egg, or the wing of a chicken from my 
plate, without endangering any of my table furniture. He would partake of 
coffee, chocolate, milk, tea, &c. ; and although his usual mode of taking liquids was 
by dipping his knuckles into the cup and licking his fingers, still, when appa- 
rently more thirsty, he would take up the vessel from which I fed him with both 
hands, and drink like a man from a spring. His principal food consisted of boiled 
rice, boiled bread and milk, with sugar, plantains, bananas, oranges, &c., all of 
which he ate, but seemed best pleased with bananas. He was fond of insects; 
would search in the crevices of my house for spiders, and if a fly chanced to come in 
his reach, he would dexterously catch him in one hand, generally using his right 
hand. Like many of the different religious castes of this country, he seemed to 
entertain an antipathy to an indiscriminate use of animal food, and would not eat 
of either the flesh of the cow or hog; would sometimes taste a little of beef, but 
never eat of it. I have seen him take fried fish, which he seemed to relish better 
than almost any other description of animal food, with the exception of chicken, and 
even this he would eat but very sparingly of, preferring his common diet, bread and 
milk, with sugar, fruit, &e. In temper he was remarkably pacific, and seemed, as 
I thought, often glad to have an opportunity of testifying his affection and attach- 
ment for me. When I visited him in the morning, he would commence a Joud 
and shrill whoo—whoo—whoo—whoo, which he would keep up often from five to 
ten minutes, with an occasional intermission for the purpose of taking a full res- 
piration ; until finally, apparently quite exhausted, he would lie down, allow me to 
comb his head, and brush the long hair on his arms, and seem delighted with the 
tickling sensation produced by the brush on his belly and legs. He would turn from 
side to side, tirst 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 attentions to him, daily bestowed. IfI called to him from a distance, and 
he could recognise my voice, he would at once set up his usual ery, which he caune 
times gradually brought down to a kind of moan, but generally resumed his louder 
tone when I approached him. This animal was a male, but showed no particular 
marks of the sex; and by a casual glance, might readily, if not examined more 
closely, have passed for a female. J have no idea of his age; but, judging from 
the length and size of his canine teeth, suppose him to have been advanced ins life. 
“The other large ‘ Hoolock,’ of which you have the cranium, was also a male 
and full grown. He was likewise obtained from the Garrow Hills, in Assam, 
presented to me by my friend Captain A. Davidson of Goalpara. He came into m ; 
possession in the month of April, and died at sea in July, just before getting ass 
with the Cape of Good Hope, of a catarrhal affection. His death probably miele 
have been hastened from want of proper fools such as is not procurable on lone 
voyages, This animal was similar in habit and®general characters to the one already 
described; and may have been eight or ten years of age, or perhaps older; a 
