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SUMPITAN OH JULOW PIPE. 



hdng tegapded by thm. m ma emdl^Bi mettietnc 

 for horses; tliey place it (witliout Ix'iu*;" pumuled, 

 or otliorwist' prepared) in tlu* wijtor, tlu' liorses 

 drink, aud coitsider it au cxctdlciit tonic for 

 them* 



I saw at Bsdatk a species of Gibbon, wliicb is 

 indigeiunis to Java, and Iiad just been purchased, 

 it was the PUhccu.'i /(";/rv'.w//.s', Desni., or S/whi 

 knc'iscdf Sthreh. The natives call it the wJjitc 

 ape, or Wm, woa, putcli ; tiie being of A 

 lighl grsejisk edottr ; i^e m'i ears^ Wm^ ^ Ad 

 tall ; long arms ; and a prehensile power of the 

 feet. 



The Sumjntan, or bku\-pijK\ is an instru- 

 ment upwards of six feet lung, witli whicli the 

 Javanese propel small clay pellets from the 

 month witli suoh force as to kill birds and other 

 animals ; they are likewise nsed by the Javanese 

 in warhirc, to shoot tlie small poisoned arrows, 

 {dninhuk^) which are about a foot in length, 

 armed at oae extremity with pith, and are pro- 

 pelled with surimsing accuracy of aim. 



