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THE CABINET OF NATURAL HISTORY, 
His indignation, however, was constantly excited by the 
pigs, when they were suffered to run past his cage; and the 
sight of one of the monkeys put him in complete fury. 
While atanchorin the before mentioned river, an ourang- 
outang, ( Simla Scityrus) was brought for sale, and lived 
three days on board; and I shall never forget the uncon- 
trollable rage of the one, or the agony of the other, at 
this meeting. The ourang was about three feet high, and 
very powerful in proportion to his size; so that when 
he fled, with extraordinary rapidity, from the Panther to 
the farther end of the deck, neither men nor things re- 
mained upright when they opposed his progress: there he 
took refuge in a sail, and, although generally obedient to 
the voice of his master, force was necessary to make him 
quit the shelter of its folds. As to the Panther, his back 
rose in an arch, his tail was elevated and perfectly stiff, 
his eyes flashed, and, as he howled, he showed his huge 
teeth; then, as if forgetting the bars before him, he tried 
to spring on the ourang, to tear him to atoms. It was long 
before he recovered his tranquillity; day and night he 
appeared to be on the listen; and the approach of a large 
monkey we had on board, or the intrusion of a black 
man, brought a return of his agitation. 
“We at length sailed for England, with an ample sup- 
ply of provisions; but, unhappily, we were boarded by 
pirates during the voyage, and nearly reduced to starva- 
tion. My Panther must have perished, had it not been for 
a collection of more than three hundred parrots with which 
we sailed from the river, and which died very fast while 
we were in the north-west trades. Sai’s allowance was 
one per diem, but this was so scanty a pittance that he be- 
came ravenous, and had no patience to pick all the feathers 
off before he commenced his meal. The consequence 
was, that he became very ill, and refused even this small 
quantity of food. Those around tried to persuade me 
that he suffered from the colder climate; but his dry nose 
and paws convinced me that he was feverish, and I had 
him taken out of his cage; when, instead of jumping about 
and enjoying his liberty, he lay down, and rested his 
head upon my feet. I then made him three pills, each 
containing two grains of calomel. The boy who had 
the charge of him, and who was much attached to him, 
held his jaws open, and I pushed the medicine down his 
throat. Early the next morning I went to visit my pa- 
tient, and found his guard sleeping in the cage with him; 
and having administered a farther dose to the invalid, I 
had the satisfaction of seeing him perfectly cured by the 
evening. On the arrival of the vessel in the London 
Docks, Sa'i was taken ashore, and presented to the Duchess 
of York, who placed him in Exeter Change, to be taken 
care of, till she herself went to Oatlands. He remained 
there for some weeks, and was suffered to roam about the 
greater part of the day without any restraint. On the 
morning previous to the Duchess’ departure from 
town, she went to visit her new pet, played with him, 
and admired his healthy appearance and gentle deportment. 
In the evening, when her Royal Highness’ coachman went 
to take him away, he was dead.” 
THE REIN DEER. 
The adult male of this species, in a wild state, is the 
size of a stag, or about four and a half to five feet high; 
but the female is fully less than the hind. It is the only 
species of the genus which has been completely domesti- 
cated, and that is steadily employed in the service of man. 
It is found in most of the northern countries of Europe, 
Asia, and America. The colour is of a dusky brown above, 
and white beneath. The space between the eyes is black. 
The hair on the lower part of the neck is much longer 
than on any other place. The hoofs are large, long, and 
black. The female of this species has horns, as well as 
the male; but those of the latterare much the largest. These 
are long, slender, branched, and upright, furnished with 
brown antlers with widely expanded and palmated tips, 
directed forward. 
The figure of the Rein Deer is rather heavy, when com- 
pared with other species. The neck is short, and the 
head carried straight forward, giving the animal a dull 
appearance. The females produce, in May, two fawns at 
at a birth. 
The Rein Deers swim with great facility, and are so 
buoyant, as to keep half of the back above water; and 
the great size of their feet enables them to make rapid 
way across even the strongest currents. They defend 
themselves with great courage, and kick furiously with 
their hind feet, when attacked by the wolf, seldom failing 
to repel a single one. 
To the poor Laplanders, the Rein Deer is a substitute 
for the horse and cow, goat and sheep. They make cheese 
of its milk; feed on its flesh; and clothe themselves with 
its skin. They make its tendons into bow-strings; and, 
when split, use them as a coarse kind of thread. They 
boil their horns into glue, and make their bones into 
spoons; and, in winter, the Rein Deer supplies the place 
of a horse, by drawing their sledges; and that even across 
the snows, in which the breadth of their hoofs prevents 
them from sinking. They run at great speed, performing 
immense journeys. With two of them yoked in a sledge, 
it is said the Laplander will travel upwards of a hundred 
