DOHONG, THE ORANG UTAN 107 



on for nearly three months, and great hopes 

 were maintained that during the rest of the 

 summer she would get more comfortable and 

 contented. Instead of this she grew more 

 and more emaciated until it was pitiful to 

 see her. 



Then it was noticed that the little orang 

 was also getting sick and feeble and, when the 

 cause was discovered, namely, that he was 

 being poisoned by the food caused by the 

 mother's fever, it was decided to take him 

 away from his mother in order to save his 

 life. Needless to say there was a terrible 

 scene when the mother and little one were 

 parted, and it was feared that the paroxysm 

 of rage into which the old orang worked her- 

 self would surely end in her death. 



But when this paroxysm was over she 

 made no more fuss, gave no other sign that 

 she even missed her little one. For a whole 

 week she lay just where she had thrown her- 

 self after the young orang had been taken 

 from her, and her eyes, always on the watch, 

 were the only parts of her body which moved. 



