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Big Satirs, or Bavians, are also found in Geilon: the 

 natives usually call them Orang Oetans, or wild bushmen. 

 They resemble human beings very much in figure and 

 intelligence. Their backs and loins are covered with hair ; 

 in front they are hairless. The females have two protu- 

 berent mammae on the chest. The face is ugly, with a flat 

 nose, the ears resembling those of a human being. As a 

 rule they are very muscular, very fast, and courageous. 

 They stand up even against an armed man. They are very 

 lustful after women, who therefore in Geilon are not safe 

 from these Orang Oetans when passing through a forest, 

 because they have to fear assault and rape. 



When caught with ropes and tamed, they are taught to 

 walk on their hind legs, and to do all sorts of things, even 

 work in the house with their forelegs, which are like hands, 

 to clean glasses, to fill them, and to turn the spit. 



They know also when there is a chance to get hold of 

 something good, and to take a little rest whilst eating it. 



We might give our readers a good many stories about the 

 wonderful things we have seen done by apes, and large 

 monkeys ; but considering the time and trouble it would 

 entail, we shall leave the apes to their friends, and again take 

 up the thread of the description of our journey. 



