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ct'Utly brought by a Malay lad, in a proa, from 

 tlie Meiiangkabau country, ^)^^ iSk^ iflteriojr of 

 Smvtfits^. The IMt&jB at ^ngapore always 



called tlic creature Ungka ; but I observe, in 

 tlie IjiHiean Transactions, it is called by Sir 

 Standard Haffles, Siamang, and the Urigka is 

 therein described as a different animal ; the same 

 a& that tmd'^ mme: rfOjtfc©, in fte i^leictdid 

 work on icti^ Mamnaafia, (vols; mi "n*) if F* 

 Cuvier. Th^ natives, however, at Singapore 

 denied tliis being tlu' Siamang, at the same 

 time stating that the Siamang resembled it in. 



hair around the of a isrhile «oloti3H*» 



The Tliflohatcs st/ndacti/la is described and 

 figured also in Dr. HorsfiekUs Zoology of Java, 

 but the engraving does not give a correct idea 

 of tlm Bmmdi nor hsm X m piik ^m &m that 

 does. Three IbeaxiitiM ^rnwbifis: wm^ iskm Ibr 

 me, from the specim^^I possessed, after its death, 

 in different positions ; and having preserved the 

 skeleton in tlie skin, its general appearance was 

 m^E^e imtural than stuffed specimens usually 

 tv&l they^ei»e execute hy#e aWe petidl 



Charles I.aiidx er, Esq. 



On boaril tin- ship Sophia, during the 

 passage to England, ample opportunities were 



