ORANG OUTANG. 



Mack hairs on the eye-brows, and a scanty eye-lasL 

 A few whitish hairs are scattered on the lips, es- 

 pecially on the under one. The rest of the face is 

 naked, and has whitish and wrinkled skin. There is 

 scarcely any hair on the neck ; but commencing at 

 the nape it becomes somewhat bushy on the back. 

 The abdomen is nearly naked. The hair on the 

 back of the head, and the whole trunk, front of 

 the lower extremities, back of the legs, and upper 

 part of the superior extremities, is directed down- 

 wards, while that on the back of the thigh and 

 fore-arms is pointed upwards ; appearances well re- 

 presented in Tyson's figure. The longest hair is 

 just at the elbows. There is none on the fingers 

 or palms of either extremity. Around the anus 

 and genitals is a patch of whitish hair, which is 

 longest just over the anus *. 



The ears are remarkably prominent, thin and na- 

 ked, beating a considerable resemblance in shape to 

 the human, though broader at the top. The pro- 

 jection of the process above the eyes, is very con- 

 spicuous, but has not been sufficiently marked in 

 any engraving or drawing which has fallen under 

 my observation. The nose is quite flat, or rather 

 appears only as a wrinkle of the skin, with a slight 

 depression along its centre. The nostrils are patu- 



* These observations may appear too minute, but several 

 naturalists have laid much weight on the manner in which the 

 hair of the Orang Outang is directed. 



