Notice of an Orang-Outang . 
101 
f 830-3 * v ® 
The following is a table of the quantity obtained from an English acre in average 
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C5 
a 
3 
u 
0 
• 
1 
O 
rj . 
c 
0 
Gur or 
Manufactured 
O) 
A 
£ 
Bar 
ley 
Jaur 
cq 
Urd 
g 
3 - 
^ 0 
0 0 
H 
0 
0 
coarse 
Sugar. 
Indigo. 
1486 
1693 
1160 
685 
542 
542 
542 
542 
1087 
237 
2037 
17; or 5 acres 
to 1 maund. 
The indigo manufactories seem to oe very in riving at prewui, « — - v— 
they have adopted of purchasing the plant from the cultivator, the nveiagc puce o 
which at the beam may he 26 rupees per 100 maunds. From 280 to 300 maunds of 
plant are required for one maund of dry indigo, and a kacha hrga is calculated 
to produce 10 maunds. Indigo seed is now selling for only 2 rs. per maund, and 
the late rains and hail storms, having partially injured the rabi crop, there is no ex- 
pectation of large quantities being sown. . . 
The seer in use in the Mirat and Buldndslielier divisions is 8 sonr . ’ 
weights being ascertained by rupees that have been in circulation. I tin d this seer 
to weigh 2 lbs. 1 oz. 15 drs.; the maund of 40 seers is therefore 84 lbs. oz. 
or 3305^ sicca weight. _ 
Tlie seer in use at Saharunpfir, Aligerh, and some parts of Muzafainagar, 
90 rupees, weighing 2 Ills. 4oz. 54drs. and the maund 901bs. 144 oz. oi aol 5 sicca 
weight ; and this is the seer in use in the town of Anupsheher. But it wi S er )““ 
rally be found the B arias weights are all short several rupees per seer, which, with 
their proficiency in humouring the scales, makes the retail rate so pio a > e o 
them. j g 
Camp near Anupsheher, 1 
1st March , 1830. J 
VI. Notice regarding the male and female Orang-outang , in the posses- 
sion of George Swinton, Jhs(j. oj C alcutta , in a letter to Di . Brewster. 
[From Brewster’s Journal, vol. i. N. S. p. 369.] 
“ Last year I sent you an account of rev Orang-outang 1 . I have lately got a 
female companion for him, apparently of the same age. She wants the thumb 
nails of the lower extremities, which confirms me in the opinion that this is a dis- 
tinction of sex, not of species. The young female carried home by Lady Amherst, 
w anted these nails. My male, and the great Sumatran Orang, described by Ur. 
Abel, has them. The thumb of the foot in the female, looks as if the upper joint 
had been chopped oif below tlie nail, and the skin had healed over the wound. _ 
Mr. Swinton sroes on to mention the deportment of the two Orangs on their 
first introduction to each other. They tumbled about like club ten, u wi ou 
any symptoms of sexual desire, which be attributes to their being so vei y young. ie 
following notice of the female, in a letter from Captain Hull to Mr. Swinton, with 
Mr. Swinton’s remarks, will be read with interest; and we hope Dr. Grant, whose 
able description of tlie male appeared in this journal, will find leisure to draw up a 
similar account of the female. In case of the death of one or both ot the animals, 
their bodies are to be preserved and sent to England for dissection. 
“ This female stands two feet six inches in height ; is extremely docile and 
playful ; has been in the possession of Mrs. B. for nearly twelve months, during 
which period it became the constant playmate of the children. The only informa- 
tion I can give respecting the abode of this animal, is that it was sent here by Mr. 
B. from Macassar, who is residing on the Celebes. I conclude tins animal is a 
native of Borneo, which island lies adjacent, distant only a lew miles across the 
straits, and most probably it came from the woods near Bangirwassm. 
“ This animal must be very young, from the appearance of the teeth. J he num- 
ber of grinders in each jaw is four. In the adult, described by Dr. e , it g 
ers are ten in each jaw. It dilfers in external appearance 2 , m some points, Horn 
We shall take an early opportunity of publishing this very 
1 Vol. ix. O. S. p. 1. 
interesting paper.-— Ed. Gl. 
2 r Ve ry°s/i g h t ly • when together, the female can only he distinguished by a more 
slender and feminine appearance. If aoy thing, she is rather taller. G. . 
