THE OURAN OUTANG. 
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when naked, or seen through the hair, is a 
bluish grey. The eyelids and margin of the 
mouth are of a light copper colour. The in- 
side of his hands and feet are of a deep 
copper colour. Two copper-coloured stripes 
pass from the armpits down each side of the 
body to the middle. 
“ The head viewed in front is pear-shaped, 
expanding from the chin upwards, the cranium 
being much the larger end. The eyes are 
close together, of an oval form and dark 
browm colour. The eyelids are fringed with 
lashes, and the lower ones are sacular and 
Wrinkled. The nose is level with the face, 
except at the nostrils, which are but a little 
elevated ; their openings are narrow and 
oblique. The mouth is very projecting, and of 
a roundish mammillary form. Its opening is 
large, but when closed is marked by little 
more than a narrow seam. The lips are very 
itarrow, and scarcely perceptible when the 
