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Traill, as those of the old Orang from the young Orang ; and 
the subsequent very important researches of Messrs. Savage 
and Wyman, the American missionary and anatomist, have 
not only confirmed this conclusion, but have added many 
new details.* 
One of the most interesting among the many valuable 
discoveries made by Dr. Thomas Savage is the fact, that the 
natives in the Gaboon country at the present day, apply to 
the Chimpanzee a name— Enché-eko ”—which is obviously 
identical with the ‘“Engeko” of Battell; a discovery 
which has been confirmed by all later inquirers. Battell’s 
“lesser monster” being thus proved to be a veritable 
existence, of course a strong presumption arose that his 
“ oreater monster,” the ‘Pongo,’ would sooner or later be 
discovered. And, indeed, a modern traveller, Bowdich, had, 
in 1819, found strong evidence, among the natives, of the 
existence of a second great Ape, called the ‘Ingena,’ “ five 
feet high, and four across the shoulders,” the builder of a 
rude house, on the outside of which it slept. 
In 1847, Dr. Savage had the good fortune to make another 
and most important addition to our knowledge of the man-like 
Apes; for, being unexpectedly detained at the Gaboon river, 
he saw in the house of the Rev. Mr. Wilson, a missionary 
resident there, “a skull represented by the natives to be a 
monkey-like animal, remarkable for its size, ferocity, and 
habits.” From the contour of the skull, and the information 
derived from several intelligent natives, “I was induced,” says 
Dr. Savage, (using the term Orang in its old general sense) 
“to believe that it belonged to a new species of Orang. I 
expressed this opinion to Mr. Wilson, with a desire for 
further investigation ; and, if possible, to decide the point by 
* See “Observations on the external characters and habits of the Troglodytes 
niger, by Thomas N. Savage, M.D., and on its organization, by Jeffries Wyman, 
M.D.,” Boston Journal of Natural History, Vol. IV. 1843-4; and “ External 
characters, habits, and osteology of Troglodytes Gorilla,” by the same authors, 
ibid. Vol. V. 1847. 
