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glance might readily, if not examined more closely, have passed for a female. I 

 have no idea of his age ; but, judging from the size and length of his canine, 

 suppose him to have been advanced in life. 



" The other large ' hoolock,' of which you have the cranium, was also a male, 

 and full grown. He was likewise obtained from the Garrow Hills in Assam, 

 and presented to me by my friend Captain A, Davidson, of Goalpara. He came 

 into my possession in the month of April, and died at sea in July, just before 

 getting up with the Cape of Good Hope, of a catarrhal affection. His death 

 probably might have been hastened from want of proper food, such as is not 

 procurable oh long voyages. This animal was similar in habit and general cha- 

 racters to the one already described, and may have been eight or ten years of age, 

 or perhaps older, as I am informed by the natives of Assam they live to the age 

 of twenty-five or thirty years. 



" The young specimen was also alive in my possession : this is a female, and 

 was brought to me by a Garrow Indian at the same time the first was received, 

 but died on the way from Goalpara to Calcutta, of a pulmonary disease following 

 catarrh. This poor little creature, when first taken sick, suffered great pain and 

 oppression at the chest, for which I prescribed a cathartic of castor oil and 

 calomel, and a warm bath, which seemed to afford it some temporary relief; but 

 she died after ten days' illness. The animal appeared delighted with the bath ; 

 and when I removed her from the vessel, she would run back again to the water, 

 and lie down again until again removed. She was, like the others in my pos- 

 session, gentle and pacific in disposition, very timid and shy of strangers, but in 

 less than a week from the time she was taken, would, if put down in an open 

 place, quickly run to me, jump in my arms, and hug me round the neck. I sup- 

 posed her to have been from nine months to a year old. I fed her on boiled 

 milk, goat's milk diluted with water and sweetened with sugar-candy. She also 

 would sometimes partake of a little bread and milk with the older one. She soon 

 learned to suck the milk from a small bottle, through a quill covered with a piece 

 of rag. M — Page 102. 



It may be said, we have only extracted a quotation., and not a portion 

 of the author's own description ; but in this we give the most correct 

 view of the book, whose staple material is quotation ; and this, so far 

 from deteriorating, enhances its value in our estimation, inasmuch as 

 the very words of an original observer are far preferable to any ab- 

 stract or abridgment thereof. 



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BY SOLITARIUS. 



I have often observed that many animals, naturally of a timid dip- 

 position, do not fly from man when they observe him motionless, but 

 presuming from his stillness that he intends them no harm, they 

 approach close to him, and continue their operations quite fearless of 



