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extremities of the boues of tbe aiiinml were car- 



Tte4agobi wmg (Smm it$§hi^m. Urn,) 



has bd^jl tsc^nsidered the most jierfect of animals, 

 much more so than tlic Iridiiin oran*^, {Simla 

 $atyrus,) ^hieh has been called the orang-utan, 

 dttbough both are veri/ inferior i^imnL in corporeal 

 powers and intdlig^nee* When the Mk» t^mkg 

 is coiii|)ellrd to take Hi ght:fi!0ja pressing dangetj 

 \iv immediately I'alls down upon all fonr>, show- 

 ing clearly that this was the original position of 

 the animal,* 



Thm aaaertioa is correct ^^tiing to m) own 

 abser^tio33, as as regatds tbe draig^t^, 

 and many of the (nbboiis, who maintain tlie erect 

 posture only lor a sliort period ; but I found tJie 

 Ungka ape of Sumatra, {S'tmia st/ndacti^la,) 

 althoiff h, simtte to ^ orang-utan, hewtllfi de- 

 M^onaUy aiet hMmigif bjike toatskles when walk- 

 ing, yet would maintain a more erect pos^ture 

 than I have over observed in the latter aiiiiual, 

 besides liis general form of body and countenance 

 a^miMting more te» &^ kvmS£t^h^^ Ib^ the 

 orange I have seen the Uag^ when; |ttn^ited, 

 i^tinitfi to maintain the eri^ jj^tidjl for some 

 time, until tliroiigh fatigue, or more ]u-nbjiiily 

 from terror, he would l":dl tn the ground, be- 

 ■* L veil's l*iiiuij>irs ol CJcology. voL ii. j». J-i, 



