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the ^ides of the various ranges of hills, and are ex- 

 tremely shy and difficult of access. It is very 

 rarely that they are takeu alive, a circumstance 

 perfuips to be attribuled to the timidity of the 

 natives, who prefer the certainty of the gun to 

 the hazard of a struggle m which they might be 

 overcome by strength and number. 



P. Sat^rus, Desm. (Si^rwuimes. Slmia sai^rm, 

 Lin. Potfgo WmmhU, Desm,), generally known 

 as the ^^reat Orang-Outaiig.* 



The canine teeth in this species project some- 

 wJiat more than they do in mattkiud and the tu* 

 bercles on the molars are considerably more de- 

 veloped. The head h rounded, but more inclining 

 to the uval than in the Chimpan^^ ; the facial an- 

 gle is about 65^ Like the last, it has no tail, elieek 

 pouche*>. nor callosities on the buttocks. The ears, 

 except in being destitute of the lower lobe, re' 

 semble those of maji. The arms are disproporti- 

 ons bly long, so much so that, when the animal 

 is erect, it can touch the ground with its hands. 



Mr. Starkf, in treating of this animal, has the 

 following passage. The history of this animal, 

 confoimded with relations of other species, has 

 hitherto been involved iu much obscurity. The 

 animal described by naturalists under the name 

 of S. Satyrm, specimens of which have occasion- 

 ally been seen in Europe, and the Pongo of 

 Wurmb, seem only, as Cuvier conjectured, to be 

 the young of the gigantic animal described and 

 partly figured by Dr. Clarke Abel. From the 

 measurement of the shrivelled and dried skin, 

 that gentleman makes its height lo exceed seven 



the rcseajiibinct* to a buoimu bem^, * 

 ( Stalk's £!enicut* or.Natnrat History. Vol, 1, p. 42. 



