500 



If tffis exercise of authority have any foundatioE in 

 fact, it tends to confirm the opinioa of the animal 

 * being in full vigor. 



1 would therefore subdivide this tribe into the 

 two folio wing. viz. 



1st. Puhci lis salterns, Besm. (Synonime, Simia 

 satyrm, 2. Lin.) The Great orang- utan. 



2d. Pango Wormbii, Desm, (Synonime Simia 

 satyr m 3. Lio.) The Lesser orang utan^ or Fon- 



FUhecuslar, Deism, (Synonime, Simia lar, Lin.) 

 the Gibboii, or Long armed ape. The fur of 

 this .'species i^ black, and the face surrounded 

 with a rutf of grey hairs, causing the countenance 

 to assume the appearance of extreme age and de- 

 crepitude. When the anima! is erect, the arms 

 nearly touch the ground. Height about sixteen 

 iiRhes, Callosities? on the buttocks. 



Thi$ animal is extremely common in ilie fo- 

 rests! of the Malayan Peninsula, which re-echo 

 with their plaintive whooping, as the boughs bend 

 under the successive springs of the retreating troops 

 scared by the unwonted sound of the traveller's 

 footsteps. In confinement it is mild and melan- 

 choly, deprecatiDg ill treatment in a most be,<^eech- 

 ing manner, but never attempting to revenge it. 



A siiiallcr variety of the Gibbon also to be met 

 with in Malacca, termed by Desmare:>;t Pitham 

 varirgalm^ corresponding with the Simia iar, Var. 

 of Linnajus, This is a third less than the one just 

 described, and its fur is variegated with grey brown 

 and dark grey. 



P. syndacii/im; Desm> (Synouimes, Simia si^n^ 

 dacti/ia, Raffles— liV/rmtf 7/^, Malat/ese). The Sia- 



