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THE ORAUG OUTANO. 
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the lad, he turned his resentment on the master, 
% up a quantity of water in his trunk, threw 
‘‘ paper on which the p3inter was drawing, and 
tile 
THE ORANG OUTANG, 
animal, likewise called the satyr, gi’eat ape, 
Jhojjjj the woods, which has, on account of its near 
^hon to the human snecie.s. so stronalv 
4K*iQn human 
'tica a naturalists, is a 
species, so strongly excited the 
V'^a r ‘“■'■U 1 CU 15 L 5 , 10 11 native of the warmer parts of 
'i India, where it resides principally in woods, on 
which it feeds, like the other species of the 
as have 
'Ps have rarely exceeded the height of two or three 
®^'^h of these animals as have been imported 
'c “"d exceeded the height of 
V therefore been supposed to be young ; those 
'Set! *' ^^Ing said to be at least six feet in height. 
Colour of the orang outaiig is a dusky brown : 
^®>'c ; the ears, hands, and feet nearly similar to 
[T J Slid the whole appearance such as to exhibit 
if , striking approach to the human figure. - The 
A]L^°t,vever, is only a general one, and the structure 
Ct'ioi, and feet, when examined with an anatomical 
^Stied’, ®®6uis lo prove that the animal was principally 
ik t>tjt ^ t'ature for the quadrupedal mode of walking, 
i>N(i upright posture, which is only occasionally 
which, in those exhibited to the public, is, 
't I'li/r ^ther owing to instruction than truly natural. 
V^tCitl tnakes it one of the distinctive characters 
'y ‘ to \y,?' proper apes, of which the orang-outang is the 
y.iliesg . on two legs only 5 and it must be granted 
Sh,] ''"'Uinls-siinnnrr an nnriffht nosture much more 
and may 
in a state of 
»,jl' -support an upright posture m 
^'Hly than most other quadrupeds, 
in this attitude even 
S/ oiieu 
‘ ^ii'tl orang-outang, when in captivity) ate 
)’'^"lectly devoid of that disgusting I’erocity so 
\'4, "tild 1 of the larger baboons and monkies, 
''■‘t *-' ■ :i and mtiy be taught to perform, with 
. 'ai'i(_»ry iirtinTTc in flnnir".;l in lifi.* XI 
Tims it has 
actions in domesiic life. 
Wl'r table, and, in its maimer of Icecbng and 
''i Iq to imitate the company in which it was 
pour out tea, and drink it without awkwardness 
