* A HAND-BOOK OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS 



A table-spoonful of lime-water given twice daily with milk 

 checks simple diarrhoea in youuger specimens. 



Diet. — An orang suffering from diarrhoea or dysentery should be 

 kept as much as possible to a milk-and-bread diet. If, however, the 

 milk is found to disagree with the patient, it should be diluted with 

 a little soda-water. Barley, sago, and arrowroot sweetened with sugar 

 may also be given, or green husk of cocoanut and jaman fruit (eugenia 

 jambolana) , if available. 



If the weather is fine, the animal should be allowed to roam 

 about freely, morning and evening ; also the straw bedding should be 

 frequently changed. The hair about the seat should now and then be 

 washed with tepid water and rubbed dry, as otherwise it will become 

 clogged and matted, and the animal's health will suffer. 



Severe cold, affecting the chest, is a frequent and troublesome 

 complaint. Five drops of ipecacuanha wine in half a tea-spoonful of 

 honey twice a day, liquorice and honey, ammonia liniment rubbed 

 over the chest and throat, and fomentation, are some of the remedies 

 which have been found successful ; snuff is also recommended. 



Diet. — Milk and bread, eggs, boiled sweet potatoes, raisins, chicken 

 soup. 



The animal should be kept indoors and perfectly warm. 



Inflammation of the lungs is brought on by sudden chill, and 

 if not early detected and checked ends fatally. If the animal 

 is tame enough, a poultice and ammonia liniment will be very 

 beneficial. 



Paralysis. — Two cases of paralysis have come under observation. 

 In one the seizure was brought on by sunstroke, and in the other 

 by exposure to cold and damp. In the former case the auimal never 

 recovered : in the latter it was removed to a healthier building, and 

 derived much benefit from the change. No medicine was administered 

 internally, but, to relieve the creature's pain, camphor liniment and 

 fomentation were applied at intervals. In about four months it 

 recovered enough to be replaced in its former dwelling, and appeared 

 to have regained the health it formerly enjoyed. 



Older specimens are less liable than the younger to the ailments 

 above mentioned ; but when taken ill they are more difficult to 

 cure : they exhibit a greater aversion to food and suspicion of 

 medicine. 



Observations on the habits of an Orang-outang. 



" Jennie " was the first orang-outang domesticated in the garden 

 in March 1876. She was accommodated in a small covered enclosure 

 and provided with a square deal box stuffed with straw and hay, and 

 a light blanket for bed ; a small earthen ghurra filled with drinking 

 water and a tin mug were also placed for her, but she was not seen 

 to make much use of the mug for drinking. Though quite young, 

 probably not more than six months of age, she had the wrinkled face 

 of an old man, and looked scared and cold. From the first she evinced 

 no fear of her keeper, but would sit on the ground close to him 

 taking her food, which consisted chiefly of milk, out of a tin basin 



