Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . ll the Chinese wood-cutters whom I metin Borneo; and the island is full of them. A Young- Orang. Soon after this a young orang fell into my hands, and I determined torear him if I could. I started the Dyak off in search of a goat, and toldhim not to return until he found one. Meanwhile I mixed sugar, bread,and water together, and, although at first he declined it energetically, hesoon sucke
Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . ll the Chinese wood-cutters whom I metin Borneo; and the island is full of them. A Young- Orang. Soon after this a young orang fell into my hands, and I determined torear him if I could. I started the Dyak off in search of a goat, and toldhim not to return until he found one. Meanwhile I mixed sugar, bread,and water together, and, although at first he declined it energetically, hesoon sucked it from my finger with a decided gusto. It proved, how-ever, too strong food for so young a stomach, and I was just beginningto think he would die on my hands, when the Dyak, followed by aChinaman and a goat, came into camp. The Chinaman was shaip attrading; but finally,after pretending that I cared nothing whatever abouthis goat, and after long haggling on his part, starting at one hundredrupees (twelve dollars and fifty cents) and coming down to five, the goatbecame mine, and the little orang-outang obtained a step-mother thatsoon rivalled its own mother in tenderness. She nursed it and caressed. APES AMONG THE TREEi (614) STANLEYS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF AFRICA. 615 it exactly as if it had been her own, and a very pretty sight it was. Hesoon grew large enough to travel on his own sturdy legs, at any suddenalarm running quickly back to his nurse and clinging to her with hissinewy fingers. When he strayed away out of her sight in the woods, it was reallypathetic to hear her bleatings and his answering cries. He had gradu-ally come to know me, and he treated us all with the greatest he was three months old I began to give him bananas, of whichhe was very fond, and he afterward became accustomed to other fruits;but nothing ever pleased him like the goats milk. He learned very quickly, and at five months knew all objects in mytent by name, bringing to me anything
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