130 TRAPPING WILD ANIMALS 
broken, the orang-outangs would be in a network. 
The strength of a full-grown orang-outang is 
enormous. I have seen one bend a one-inch steel 
bar as though it were made of rubber. If he can 
brace himself properly, with plenty of room to exert 
his entire strength, he can bend almost anything; 
but between bending a bar and breaking a rope by 
pulling, there is a great deal of difference. A rat- 
tan rope will hold him, though a simple menagerie 
cage may not give him any more trouble than a 
paper hoop. 
The strength of the orang-outang, or “wild 
man,” as the name means in Malay, is largely in 
his arms. The arms of a mias—the breed that we 
were after—measure ten feet or more from tip to 
tip. The mias type, which is next in size to the 
gorilla, is somewhat larger than the ordinary breed. 
It is distinguished by a darker color and by folds 
of skin at. each side of the face. Its body, from 
shoulders to hips, is about the size of a man’s. It 
has short, undeveloped legs, long fingers and 
thumbs that are mere stubs. 
An orang-outang never travels on the ground 
when he can swing from tree to tree, since there 
are very few open spaces in the jungle, he seldom 
reaches the ground except when he goes down to 
get something. He can swing incredible distances, 
hurtling through the air and catching branches 
with perfect accuracy. 
Orang-outangs usually live in colonies number- 
