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shown nearly the same degree of fear at the sight of a live 

 tortoise." 



This animal survived his transportation to this country 

 from August 1817, when he arrived, to the 1st of April, 

 1819, during which interval he was in the custody of Mr. 

 Cross at Exeter Change, as much caressed for the gentle- 

 ness of his disposition as he was noticed for his great rarity. 

 There was no need of personal confinement, and little of 

 restraint or coercion ; to his keepers especially, and to those 

 whom he knew by their frequent visits, he displayed a de- 

 cided partiality. During his last illness, and at his death, 

 his piteous appearance, which seemed to bespeak his en- 

 treaties to those about him for relief, did not fail to excite 

 the feelings of all who witnessed them, an excitement evi- 

 dently heightened by the recollection of human suffering 

 under similar circumstances, which the sight of this animal 

 so strongly brought to mind. He was shedding his teeth 

 at the period of his death, which was probably promoted, 

 if not caused by it. This was sufficient evidence of his non- 

 age, and as he increased both in stature and general bulk 

 during his residence here, this individual may be said to 

 support the conjecture that the adult Orang Outang is no 

 other than the Pongo. 



Since the Baron Cuvier's classification of this animal at 

 the head of the quadrumana, he and other naturalists have 

 been strongly inclined to suspect that the Orang Outang, 

 as recognised in Europe, is in fact a young Pongo, (a 

 species to be noticed hereafter). The skeleton of the Pongo 

 particularly the head, presents characters extremely remote 

 from that approximation which the head of the Orang 

 Outang makes to the human ; Cuvier was nevertheless led 

 to the presumption now stated, in consequence of having 

 received a skull, said to be of the Orang Outang, from India. 

 This skull seems to be intermediate between that of the 

 Orang Outang as recognised here, and that of the Pongo, 



