274 THE OURAN OUTANG. 
implore relief of those about him, excited the 
feelings of all who witnessed them, and strongly 
reminded them of human sufferings under 
similar circumstances. 
From a paper read by Dr. Abel at a meeting 
of the Asiatic Society at Calcutta, in January 
1825 , we cannot help inferring that there must 
be more than one species of the Asiatic ouran 
outang. We have seen that the individual 
already described, was no more than two feet 
seven inches in height, whilst another, shot on 
the coast of Sumatra, is represented as having 
measured not less than seven feet. The sub- 
stance of this communication is as follows : — 
An officer of the ship Mary Anne Sophia, 
being on shore at Ramboom, on the west coast 
of Sumatra, and having discovered an ouran 
outang in a tree, hastily assembled his men, 
and chased him to another tree in a cultivated 
plain, in which he took refuge. His walk 
was erect but waddling, and not quick ; he 
