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appropriated. They were not in any way vicious, and the 
visitors were more amused than frightened by their curio¬ 
sity. They manifested the most remarkable powers of 
observation and intelligence, and, as an illustration, it may 
be mentioned that the male sitting one morning on his 
machan , when a shower suddenly came on, no sooner had 
observed some visitors putting up their umbrellas than he 
broke off a large leafy branch and held it over his head ; 
but finding it not giving him sufficient protection he went 
under his platform for shelter from the rain. At other 
times, they would imitate the actions of carpenters or 
other workmen employed near them, and resort to most 
intelligent expedients to bring objects within their reach, 
their usual method being to take some bedding-straw 
and twist it roughly and use it as a fetcher. 
This family party of three lived happily together for 
two years, when the mother suddenly died. The adoles¬ 
cent male appeared to be very much affected by her 
death, although she never seemed to have any particular 
liking for him, and her child also manifested unmistake- 
able grief, as it rolled on the ground, and cried when the 
dead orang was removed. The male attempted to follow 
it, and had to be driven back to the house, and when 
daily let out, he betook himself to the roof where he 
would sit for hours looking in the direction in which 
his late companion had been carried away. On one very 
hot day he could not be induced to retire to his house for 
shelter from the sun, and he consequently received a sun¬ 
stroke, from the effects of which he never rallied, and died 
within a few months. This was another sorrow to the 
little one, but a companion was immediately found for 
her in the other female now in this house, which, however, 
