DOHONG, THE ORANG UTAN 115 



And then, the meal or exhibition being 

 over, one keeper took Polly back to the cage 

 — it was summer time, or they would not have 

 been allowed out for a moment — and the 

 other prepared to take Dohong. 



But, quiet as Dohong always was, he was 

 wonderfully quick in his movements and, be- 

 fore the keeper could get his arms round him, 

 he jumped off his chair and was up at the 

 top of the steam pipe almost before we could 

 breathe. In vain Mr. Eeilly talked to him 

 and coaxed him to come down; Dohong liked 

 the pipe evidently, coiled his legs round it, 

 put one long arm round it, and waved the 

 other to and fro, whether in play or defiance, 

 I cannot say. 



And whether this ape realized it or not I 

 do not know, but while he was up there he 

 had the advantage of his keeper in every way. 

 If he had been on the floor, his chair, or even 

 the table, it would have been an easy matter 

 to take him up. But let an orang get above 

 you and coil his legs and arms round any 

 firm object, and no one man's strength, or 



