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BORNEO— THE ORANG-UTAN. 



[chap. IV. 



in such a manner that it would evidently not fall. I there- 

 fore returned home, and luckily found some Dyaks, who 

 came back with me, and climbed up the tree for the animal. 

 This was the first full-grown specimen I had obtained ; but 



female orang-utan. (From a Photograph.) 



it was a female, and not nearly so large or remarkable as 

 the full-grown males. It was, however, 3 ft. 6 in. high, 

 and its arms stretched out to a width of 6 ft. 6 in. I pre- 

 served the skin of this specimen in a cask of arrack, and 

 prepared a perfect skeleton, which was afterwards purchased 

 for the Derby Museum. 



