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essentially a human peculiarity, this is a matter of some 
interest, ‘The statement, however, is erroneous. One of 
Sinbad’s amusements was to walk erect from one end of his 
cage to the other, swaying his long arms up and down after 
the fashion of a balancing pole. Nor is it correct to 
credit the Chimpanzee with a greater power in this direc- 
tion. Travellers have been inclined to do so, but the wider 
range of movement in the hip-joint of the Orang should 
be sufficient to show that it has greater structural 
capabilities for the assumption of the upright attitude than 
the Chimpanzee,” 
Sinbad died from a disease which, in all its features, was 
identical with typhoid fever in man. ‘The immediate cause 
of death was perforation of the small intestine. His near 
kinship to ourselves was thus borne out to the end, seeing 
that he succumbed to a complaint which is supposed to he 
peculiar to man, His body was purchased by Dr. Haughton 
for the museum of Trinity College,” 
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Herbivore House.—In last year’s Report reference was 
made to the circumstances under which the Council 
was enabled to commence the erection of a house for 
the reception of deer. It was then stated that a sum of 
about £300 had been handed over, on certain condi- 
tions, to this Society by the Trustees of the old Natural 
History Society of Dublin, and that this sum having 
been found inadequate to complete the building, it had 
been resolved to appeal to the public for additional 
funds. To this appeal the Royal Dublin Society re- 
sponded by voting a sum of £100, which was supple- 
mented by a general subscription—which yielded 
£247 19s.—so that in all £347 19s. was obtained; or 
together with the original £300, a sum of about £650 
was received by the Society. Of this total £450 was 
spent on the house, and the remainder in the purchase 
of animals, and in the execution of certain much 
needed repairs to other houses. 
The deer have thriven remarkably well in their new 
quarters, but as there are only four compartments, with 
their paddocks, the number of species which can be 
