THE OURAN OUTANG. 269 
ing with a young male monkey. Lying on 
his back, partially covered with the sail, he 
for some time contemplated, with great gra- 
vity, the gambols of the monkey, which bound- 
ed over him ; but at length he caught him by 
the tail, and tried to envelop him in his co- 
vering. The monkey seemed to dislike the 
confinement, and broke from him, but again 
renewed his gambols, and, although frequently 
caught, he always escaped. The intercourse 
however did not seem to be that of equals, 
for the ouran outang never condescended to 
romp with the monkey as he did wdth the 
boys of the ship. Yet the monkeys had evi- 
dently a great predilection for his company ; 
for whenever they broke loose they took their 
way to his resting-place, and were often seen 
lurking about it, or creeping clandestinely 
towards him. There appeared to be no gra- 
dation in their intimacy, as they appeared 
as confidently familiar with him when first 
