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all the ease of the smaller animals of its kind. 
Had the entire spot been covered with wood, 
it would certainly have escaped from its pur- 
suers, for its mode of travelling by bough or — 
tree was as rapid as the progress of a very 
fleet horse; but, at Ramboon, only a few 
trees are left, in the midst of cultivated fields, 
and it was into that scanty cover that the 
Oran-Otang jumped, to avoid being taken. 
He received the first shot in a tree, and when 
five balls had pierced him, and not before, 
his exertions were relaxed, in consequence, no 
doubt, of loss of blood. At the same time, 
too, the ammunition of his pursuers being 
expended, other means only remained for en- 
suring its capture. One of the first balls 
probably penetrated its lungs; for, imme- 
diately after the infliction of the wound, it. 
hung itself by its feet, from a branch, with 
its head downward, and allowed the blood to 
flow from its mouth. On receiving each fresh 
wound it put its hand over the injured part ; 
and the human-like agony of its expression 
of the sense of pain, had the natural effect of 
moving the feelings of its assailants. The 
Sumatras of the place seemed as much sur- 
