272 THE OUKAN OUTANG. 
shown nearly the same degree of fear at the 
sight of a live tortoise. 
“ Such were the actions of this animal, as far 
as they fell under my notice, during our voy- 
age from Java : and they seem to include 
most of those which have been related of the 
ouran outang by other observers. Since his 
arrival in England, he has not learnt to per- 
form more than two feats which he did not 
practise on hoard ship, although his education 
has been by no means neglected. One of 
these is to walk upright, or rather on his feet, 
unsupported by his hands ; the other, to kiss 
his keeper. I have before remarked with how 
much difficulty he accomplished the first, and 
may add, that a well trained dancing dog 
would far surpass him in the imitation of the 
human posture. I believe that all the figures 
given of the ouran outang in an unpropped 
erect posture are wholly unnatural. Some 
writer states that an ouran outang which he 
