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fork which was well screened by the foliage, and began to break 
off small branches and pile them loosely in the crotch. There 
was no attempt at weaving, nor even regularity in anything. He 
reached out his long, hairy arm, snapped off the leafy branches 
with a practiced hand, and laid them down with the broken ends 
sticking out. He presently got on the pile with his feet, and 
standing there to weight it down he turned slowly, breaking 
branches all the while and laying them across the pile in front of 
him, until he had built quite a large nest, When he had finished 
he laid down upon it, and was so effectually screened from us 
that I could not dislodge him, and after two or three shots I told 
the natives they would have to cut the tree.” During’ one day’s 
travel along the Upper Simujan river, Mr. Hornaday counted 
thirty-six old nests and six which were regarded as new or fresh. 
He thinks that an orang after building a nest sleeps in it several 
nights in succession, unless he leaves its neighborhood altogether. 
He never saw nor heard of any house-building by orang-utans, 
though he was led to believe that some individuals may have a 
habit of covering their bodies with branches for protection against 
the dashing of the rain drops during a heavy storm. “ My little 
pet orang,” he says, “ would invariably cover his head and body 
with straw or loose clothing the moment it began to rain, even 
though he was under a roof.” 
Forty-three orangs were shot by Mr. Hornaday and his hun- 
ters, and of these seven exceeded the maximum height as given 
by Mr. Wallace, viz., four feet two inches. ‘ My tallest Simia 
wurmbi or‘mias chappin, measured four feet six inches from 
head to heel, and the next in size four feet five anda half inches. 
Then a satyrus, or ‘mias rombi,’ measured four feet four and a 
half inches, two other warméii four feet four inches, and four feet 
three inches respectively, a satyrus four feet three inches, anda 
wurmbiu four feet two and a half inches.” 
The account of the gibbons and other animals of Borneo, its 
forests and of the Dyaks are interesting—indeed there is not a 
dull page in the book. Besides the general map there is an ethno- 
graphic map of Borneo, showing the. distribution of the Dyak 
tribes and subtribes, as classified by the author. Much ethno- 
graphic material is given, with frequent illustrations. We see 
little in point of fact to criticise, except where the author speaks 
of nummulites as “little flat echinoderms.” 
Goopate’s VEGETABLE Puysiotocy1—Early in the past year 
we had the pleasure of noticing the first part of this work, which — 
1S Now completed by the appearance of Part 1. The chapters in 
the part before us deal successively with, Protoplasm in its rela- 
! Gray’s Botanical Text-Book (Sixth Edition), Vol. 1. Physiological Botany. — 
x Vegetable Physiology. By GEORGE LINCOLN GoopaLr, A.M., M.D., Professor 
Y. Botany in Harvard University. Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Company, New 
ork and Chicago, 1885. pp. XXI. 195 to 5004-36. Illustrations 142 to 214. 
