MAMMALIA—SIAMANG. 77 
the fruit that was presented to it; it was very averse to cold and wet 
weather, and did not long live after being brought from its native country. 
Itis a native of the East Indies, and particularly, found along the coasts 
of Coromandel, Malacca, and the Molucca Islands. 
THE STAMANG.! 
' THEsE aniviwe are black all over, and have two naked folds of skin on 
tlke neck, which are occasionally inflated. The hair is long and soft. They 
are very common m Sumatra. They are generally found assemb.ed in large 
troops, conducted, it is said, by a chief, whom the Malays believe invulnera- 
ble. Thus assembled at sunrise, and again at sunset, they vie with each 
dther in making the most dreadful cries, perfectly stunning to those accus- 
tomed to them, and frightful in the highest degree to strangers. At all 
other times they appear to be perfectly quiet, as long at least as they are 
undisturbed. 
Maternal affection will triumph over every other passion, and the mother 
of a young one, which has been wounded, will immediately throw away 
her life in an attack on an enemy. This affection is also displayed under 
more pleasing circumstances, and their care of the persons of their young 
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