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CHAPTER VIII, 



Description of an Ungka ape — His habits—Anecdot^ea of 

 him — His death — Dissection. 



Objects of natural history are frequently lirought 

 in a great variety by the proas from tlie different 

 islands of the Easlem Archipelago. Prepared 

 bi^ds j^anuliie, mA Iwlng Losm^ pink cocka- 

 toos^ atid OGoaaioiiaQ J iie EtagnM^ent, Crowned 

 or Dumpier 's pigeons, as well as Rhinoceros 

 birds, may be often purchased. An orang'-titan 

 was lately brought from Borneo to Singapore, l)y 

 a comn:\ander of a vessel^ who sold it for seventy- 

 live ddOait* 



Bttxiiig a vMt to Singapore, in 18B0, 1 pro- 

 cured, through the kindness of E. BousteaJ, 

 Esq. , a male specimen of the Ungka ape, (Hf/io- 

 bates syndactyla.) The animal had been re- 



