8 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
the run of the ship on the voyage to England, and would play with the sailors in the rigging. 
When refused food he pretended to commit suicide, and rushed over the side, only to be found 
under the chains. 
The orang is the least interesting of the three great apes; he lacks the power and brutality 
of the gorilla and the intelligence of the chimpanzee. “ The orang,” said its keeper to the writer, 
“is a buffoon; the chimpanzee, a gentleman.” 
It is worth remark that, although all these apes soon die in menageries, in Calcutta, where 
they are kept in the open, orangs thrive well. 
THE GIBBONS 
Next after the great apes in man-like characters come a few long-armed, tailless apes, known 
as the Gissons. Like the orang-utan, they live in the great tropical forests of Asia, especially 
Photo by Ottomar Anschiltz]| [Berlin 
TWO BABY ORANG-UTANS. THE TUG-OF-WAR 
the Indian Archipelago; like the latter, they are gentle, affectionate creatures ; and they have 
also a natural affection for man. But it is in mind and temperament, rather than in skeleton, 
that the links and differences between men and monkeys must be sought. It will be found that 
these forest apes differ from other animals and from the true monkeys mainly in this—that they 
are predisposed to be friendly to man and to obey him, and that they have no bias towards mis- 
chief, or “ monkey tricks.” They are thoughtful, well behaved, and sedate. 
The Siamane, one of the largest of the long-armed, tailless gibbons, lives in the Malay 
Archipelago. The arms of a specimen only 3 feet high measured 5 feet 6 inches across. This, 
like all the gibbons, makes its way from tree to tree mainly by swinging itself by its arms. But 
the siamang can wa/k upright and run. One kept on board ship would walk down the cabin 
breakfast-table without upsetting the china, The Wuire-HANDED Gipson is found in Tenasserim, 
