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width of the face, from 10 inches to 13| inches. The 

 dimensions given by other naturalists closely agree with 

 mine. The largest Orang measured by Temminck was 



4 feet high. Of twenty-five specimens collected by 

 Schlegel and Miiller, the largest old male was 4 feet 

 1 inch ; and the largest skeleton in the Calcutta Museum 

 was, according to Mr. Blyth, 4 feet l'-J inch. My speci- 

 mens were all from the north-west coast of Borneo ; those 

 of the Dutch from the west and south coasts ; and no 

 specimen has yet reached Europe exceeding these dimen- 

 sions, although the total number of skins and skeletons 

 must amount to over a hundred. 



Strange to say, however, several persons declare that 

 they have measured Orangs of a much larger size. Tem- 

 minck, in his Monograph of the Orang, says, that he 

 has just received news of the capture of a specimen 



5 feet 3 inches high. Unfortunately, it never seems to 

 have reached Holland, for nothing has since been heard 

 of any such animal. Mr. St. John, in his "Life in the 

 Forests of the Far East," vol. ii. p. 237, tells us of an 

 < hang shot by a friend of his, which was 5 feet 2 inches 

 from the heel to the top of the head, the arm 17 inches 

 in girth, and the wrist 1 2 inches ! The head alone was 

 brought to Sarawak, and Mr. St. John tells us that he 

 assisted to measure this, and that it was 15 inches broad 

 by 14 long. Unfortunately, even this skull appears not 



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