nAun or T<m&m, 



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fignre really could look griiciousj or coude- 

 scending. 



and i)liy>ic:illy more deMHifcated than -wbm I 



last saw liiiii, in 1830 : he appeared not even to 

 possess the intelligenee of an orang-utan ; he 

 was attired in a dirty sarong around his waist, 

 and ^ loose WjUj t>t jacket, exposing th& mt^ 

 piilen^y 0f Mstlelicate form. A Moorman's cap 

 OjmpCie^Q;!^ ^^mall portion of liis cranium ; his 

 look %vas listless, and witliont any expression ; 

 he appeared e\ ery moment to be in danger of an 

 »tl»ek of apoplexy. The gem^liiilt^ ^ho Sp^fce 



c(^ived a grunt, or his language was so imintel- 

 lin-ildr that his minister was obliged to repeat 

 the answers. All the attendants sat down 



upon ilkdr h^DitdieB in Ms 'j^xmm^ mti of 



On asking him jbfe pge, he replied (or rather 

 his minister for him) l>y demanding how old 

 we thought Jie was ; we certainly thought he 

 had att^injed ihm of vmm* We 



W6¥e afbrwat^ told his age was mml$y 

 known, hut it was sujjposed the creature was 

 fifty. As Imt h'tth: could be made out of tliis 

 pitiable object of humanity, we released him 

 ftotti wlmt eeytainly mu§i have h&m to Mm a 

 misery» by taking our leave. On viewing the 



