. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . HUNTING THE OURANG OUTANQ. HE Orangs, or « Wild men of the Woods, for along time enjoyed a reputation almost human, areputation kept up by the prints and drawmgswhich formerly placed them almost uniformly inan erect position, and by the tricks which thosebrought to Europe were taught. But neither is the Asiatic northe African Orang formed for erect progression. If left to them-selves, they move on the ground most awkwardly, doubling theiranterior hands, nioring in their advance upon the knuckles, andresting upon tho outward edge of the posterior feet. Amongt
. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . HUNTING THE OURANG OUTANQ. HE Orangs, or « Wild men of the Woods, for along time enjoyed a reputation almost human, areputation kept up by the prints and drawmgswhich formerly placed them almost uniformly inan erect position, and by the tricks which thosebrought to Europe were taught. But neither is the Asiatic northe African Orang formed for erect progression. If left to them-selves, they move on the ground most awkwardly, doubling theiranterior hands, nioring in their advance upon the knuckles, andresting upon tho outward edge of the posterior feet. Amongtrees they are as active and rapid in their motion as they ar«clumsy and slow on the ground. The anterior extremities of the Orang Utan* are nearly as longas they are in Hylobates; the hands, in this Asiatic, reach nearlyto the heels. There is a marked difference between the skull ofthis species an i the crania of Hylobates and of the interparie ;al crest in Pithecua satyrus is as highly developed * Pitheco* HUNTING THE OURANG OUTANG. 151 as it is in the carnivorous tribe, and the zygomatic arch is widelyexpanded ; nor are these the only points of resemblance. In theHoolock and in the Chimpanzee the skull is comparatively smoothand human on its outward surface. Sun itra and Borneo are the principal localities where the•.nirang Outang has been hitherto found; and those which have beenbrought to Europe have exhibited a considerable degree of intelli-gence, though, as far as our experience and information go, not80 high a degree as is manifested by the Chimpanzee. An OurangOutang, brought to England by Captair Methuen, made no attemptto escape when suffered to be at large before he was shipped, butbecame violent when incarcerated in a bamboo cage. He at firstshook the rails violently, but, finding that they did not yield to hisefforts, he tried them separately, pitched upon the weakest, andperseveringly worked at it till he broke it and regained his liber
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