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unfortunately, from some unknown cause, has become 
partially paralyzed. The young one is now nearly three 
feet high when standing erect 
Orangs, although they live on trees, are very slow in 
their movements, and are as cautious in climbing a tree as 
a man would be. They take special care of their feet, 
as any injury to their feet seriously affects them. In 
walking, it will be observed that the Orang cannot place 
the sole of the foot flat on the ground, but that the outer 
edge of the foot is turned downwards, so that the upper 
surfaces of the curved toes rest on the ground along with 
the greater part of the heel ; and it will also be seen that it 
supports itself on its arms, the position of the hand being 
the exact reverse of that of the foot, vis., the inside of 
the hand is turned inwards and downwards, the animal 
resting on the upper surfaces of the two first fingers and 
on the point of the thumb. It is very rarely that the 
orang is seen to stand erect, unless it has a support 
above or in front to which it can hold on. 
The Orang is confined to the two islands of Sumatra 
and Borneo. It is first cousin to the Gorilla which is the 
highest of all the anthropoid Apes, and the animal nearest 
to man. The Gorilla is found only in Africa which is also 
the habitation of its second cousin, the Chimpanzee. The 
characters of their teeth are very similar to those of man, 
and their number is the same. The skull of a very young 
animal of any of these Apes has a striking resem¬ 
blance to that of a human infant in its smooth rounded 
outline, but, as growth proceeds, it becomes marked by 
strong prominent ridges for the attachment of the powerful 
muscles of the jaws. The canines or eye-teeth of the male 
are nearly as large as those of the Tiger. 
