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- much other interesting matter, contains some notes upon the 
Orang. The small sort of Orang-Utan, viz. that of Vosmaer 
and of Edwards, he says, is found only in Borneo, and chiefly 
about Banjermassing, Mampauwa, and Landak. Of these 
he had seen some fifty during his residence in the Indies ; but 
none exceeded 23 feet in length. ‘The larger sort, often re- 
garded as chimera, continues Radermacher, would, perhaps 
long have remained so, had it not been for the exertions of 
the Resident at Rembang, M. Palm, who, on returning from 
Landak towards Pontiana, shot one, and forwarded it to 
Batavia in spirit, for transmission to Europe. 
Palm’s letter describing the capture runs thus:—“ Here- 
with I send your Excellency, contrary toall expectation (since 
long ago I offered more than a hundred ducats to the natives 
for an Orang-Utan of four or five feet high) an Orang 
which I heard of this morning about eight o’clock. For a 
long time we did our best to take the frightful beast alive in 
the dense forest about half way to Landak. We forgot even 
to eat, so anxious were we not to let him escape; but it was 
necessary to take care he did not revenge himself, as he kept 
continually breaking off heavy pieces of wood and green 
branches, and dashing them at us. This game lasted till four 
o’clock in the afternoon, when we determined to shoot him; 
in which I succeeded very well, and indeed better than I ever 
shot from a boat before; for the bullet went just into the side 
of his chest, so that he was not much damaged. We got him 
into the prow still living, and bound him fast, and next 
morning he died of his wounds. All Pontiana came on 
board to see him when we arrived.” Palm gives his height 
from the head to the heel as 49 inches. 
A very intelligent German officer, Baron Von Wurmb, who 
at this time held a post in the Dutch East India service, and 
was Secretary of the Batavian Society, studied this animal, 
and his careful description of it, entitled “ Beschrijving van 
der Groote Borneosche Orang-outang of de Oost-Indische 
Pongo,” is contained in the same volume of the Batavian 
