170  Mr.  miller’s  Account  of 
acorn,  but  the  lacinia  calycis  are  four  or  five  times  longer 
than  the  feed, 
I have  taken  other  journies  into  different  parts  of  the 
interior  country,  never  before  vifited  by  any  Europeans. 
Thefe  journies  were  performed  on  foot,  through  fuch 
roads,  fwamps,  8tc.  as  were  to  appearance  almofi:  impaf- 
fable.  I have  been  hitherto  fo  fortunate  as  to  meet  with 
no  obftrudtion  from  the  natives ; but,  on  the  contrary, 
have  been  hofpitably  received  every  where.  Almofi;  all 
the  country  has  been  covered  with  thick  woods  of  trees 
moftly  new  and  undefcribed,  and  is  not  one-hundredth 
part  inhabited. 
It  is  amazing  how  poor  the  Fauna  of  this  country  is, 
particularly  in  the  mammalia  and  aves.  We  have  abun- 
dance of  the  Jimia  gibbon  of  buffon:  they  are  quite 
black,  about  three  feet  high,  and  their  arms  reach  to  the 
ground  when  they  Hand  erect ; they  walk  on  their  hind 
legs  only,  but  I believe  very  rarely  come  down  to  the 
ground.  I have  feen  hundreds  of  them  together  on  the 
tops  of  high  trees.  We  have  feveral  other  fpecies  of  the 
fimia  alfo;  but  one  feldom  fees  them  but  at  a great 
diftance.  The  oerang  oatan , or  wild-man  (for  that  is  the 
meaning  of  the  words)  I have  heard  much  talk  of,  but 
never  feen ; nor  can  I find  any  of  the  natives  here  that 
have  feen  it.  The  tiger  is  to  be  heard  of  in  almofi;  every 
part 
