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morning, I was sorry to see it occupied in trying to get rid of 

 its waist-belt and rope, while at the same time it uttered a 

 sharp, plaintive cry. When unfastened, it went towards a 

 group of Malays, and after catching hold of the legs of some 

 of them, it approached one who was lying down, jumped on 

 him, and closely embraced him with an expression of recognition. 

 I learned that this man in whose arms- the Monkey showed so 

 much pleasure, was its first master. 



" . . . . When the boy in waiting announced that dinner 

 was ready, Ungka never failed to enter the hut, take her place at 

 the table, and thankfully receive tit-bits. If by chance any 

 one laughed at her during the meal, she showed l^er indignation 

 by making a low, barking noise, which was peculiar to her when 

 angry. Distending her cheek-pouches with air, she looked at 

 her tormentors seriously, until they had ceased to amuse them- 

 selves at her expense." 



Mr. Bennett adds that Ungka preferred vegetables, such as 

 rice and onions, to flesh. She drank tea, coffee, and chocolate, but 

 never wine or spirituous liquors. 



The Hooloch Gibbon (Fig. 264) has afforded the same proofs 

 of intelligence and affection. The testimony of various people 

 proves this. This species is very readily distinguished from its 

 congeners by the white superciliary band that encircles its face. 



Genus Orang. — The Orangs have much analogy with the 

 Gibbons, but they are inore robust and more intelligent ; and, 

 in addition, have no gluteal callosities. In figure they are square, 

 their body is covered with reddish hair, and their face, partly 

 nude, is fringed with whiskers, which are prolonged beneath the 

 chin in the form of a beard. Like the Gibbons, they carry 

 above the sternum a pouch which communicates with the larynx, 

 and which is susceptible of distension by an influx of air. This 

 in these animals, as in the preceding, appears to be useful in 

 increasing the volume of their voice. 



These animals are somewhat rare, and limited to a small region. 

 They inhabit the thick forests covering the low, damp lands in 

 the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, hence the name of Orang- 

 Outang, or Man of the Woods, which has been given to them by 

 the naturalists of these countries. It is only by accident that 

 they appear in open places, and in the vicinity of habitations. 



