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wider, than that of the negro ; his forehead is 
more oblique ; his eyes are much closer ; the 
distance between the nose and mouth is much 
greater than in man, and his chin has no ele- 
vation at the base. Neither has he any calf 
to his legs, and, though he sometimes walks 
on two, it is now certain that this attitude is 
not natural to him. 
Ouran outang is a Malay expression, signi- 
fying “ wild man,” and should therefore be re- 
stricted to the animal which, according to our 
present information, is found exclusively in 
the great Asiatic islands, but which has been 
confounded by many writers with a species 
inhabiting Africa, that has also been called 
ouran outang, but is more correctly deno- 
minated pongo. It is to the latter that the 
Wonderful accounts of the older travellers, 
such as Purchas and Battell, relate. 
During the last century many curious 
particulars respecting the habits and man- 
