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procure it. The natives are very tnml of the 

 uiiinial, ninl Jt ;iji])f'ar.< more attarln i| tn tlinn 

 tlmii to Ein'opeaiis. Not hi-iiig' found in Java, 

 it is regarded as a great curiosity ; the natives 

 aBsigalflf 16 it a superior degree <Jf liitelftgmoet 

 The animal, liaviiig been presented to the Ci^Ottl* 

 maiidrroi'a sliip to take to Europe, tlic servant^ 

 dechired, that it had ovi-rlieard tlie conversation 

 of its being about to migrate, and always ap- 

 m$mdiialj yfimm&p this g^l^an 

 l^fed ilm house; ad<fi»g also, that it was the 

 cause of its present illness. 



The eng^raviiig' of this animal, in Dr. Abel's 

 work on China, was inunediately recognized by 



wilit^ gm^mSfy observed habits. Exe&ptiBg 

 in intellectual development, I do not consider 

 the orang-utan so closely re-^cmldcs the human 

 species as the Ilylobates si/ndacli/la^ or Ungka 

 ape, which walks more erect ; and, in its in- 

 tcmdl BXiS^&mf, is more closely allied to the 

 human Taee* 



Bein^ desirous of oainiu"- sojno informaticm 

 respecting the usual height these aniuuds attain, 

 I c(msulted several persona who had visited 

 Bom6% ^ of whom had h^m time a 



priapner in tlie iaaterior r the greatest ^4svation 



