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THE SAVAGE WORLD. 
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HUNTING THE ORANG-OUTANG. 
lation of man-tiger. The wounds which they inflict are deep and dangerous, 
and emphasize the fierce¬ 
ness which they uni¬ 
formly display. The 
Gibraltar species is tail¬ 
less. 
The Orang-Outang 
(Simia satyrus) is one of 
the animals whose name 
can so easily be mis¬ 
spelled, as philology seems 
to delight in making con¬ 
stantly fresh experiments 
in attempting to express 
in English the gibberish 
of a savage tongue. 
Whether or not the orang¬ 
outang is the original of 
the satyrs celebrated in 
mythology, and thence 
passing into the imagi¬ 
native literature of every 
people, he certainly can 
be used to give bodily substance to these poetical fictions. Asia is the habitat 
of the orang-outang , and he espe¬ 
cially affects Sumatra and Borneo. 
The inhabitants of Borneo call the 
orang-outang , mias, mias-pappan , or 
pappan. Like the gorilla, it is soli¬ 
tary in its habits, and seems to find 
pleasure in meditating upon subjects 
which increase its gloominess and 
sullenness. It is almost helpless on 
the ground, as it is compelled to 
walk on its hands and on the out¬ 
side edge of its feet. But once in 
the trees, its length and muscularity 
of fore-arm enables it to swing along 
with a rapidity, grace and ease truly 
surprising. Indeed, its capture is 
possible only by cutting down trees, 
so that the orang-outang is finally 
confined to a single one, which is 
then felled. The color of this crea¬ 
ture is reddish-brown, the face blue 
and red-bearded, the hair long and 
abundant on breast, arms, face and 
back. The orang-outang is about half a foot shorter than the gorilla, and wears 
the singular air-pouches which belong to the monkeys. This receptacle, how- 
HAND AND FOOT OF ORANG¬ 
OUTANG. 
HAND AND FOOT OF 
CHIMPANZEE. 
