Four feet, wings, and fins . d with a pleased smile. I was just thinkinghow nice it would be if we could only have you togo with us to the menagerie! 177 THE MENAGERIE. Well, said Mr. Dumas, since my time is myown I will go with you if you wish. Once at the menagerie there seemed no end ofsights. The children stood face to face with nearlyevery animal they had talked about, and many morebesides. The first that particularly attracted their atten-tion was an ourano^-outano:. Look at that man scwatching his head, criedRose. Sure it is a man .^ asked Grace. Hes dot a face like black mens, but the
Four feet, wings, and fins . d with a pleased smile. I was just thinkinghow nice it would be if we could only have you togo with us to the menagerie! 177 THE MENAGERIE. Well, said Mr. Dumas, since my time is myown I will go with you if you wish. Once at the menagerie there seemed no end ofsights. The children stood face to face with nearlyevery animal they had talked about, and many morebesides. The first that particularly attracted their atten-tion was an ourano^-outano:. Look at that man scwatching his head, criedRose. Sure it is a man .^ asked Grace. Hes dot a face like black mens, but the west ofhim is wed and hairy all over, said Rose doubtfully,after an attentive look. He does look like some kind of a man, saidFrank. Sometimes he is called the Wild Man, but heis little like a man after all, except in his is an animal through and through, said CaptDumas. Doesnt he walk upright, like a man? askedFrank. Sometimes, but it is always in a knee-sprung con-dition. In reaching high objects, and when on 178. ScwATCHiNG His Head. THE MENAGERIE. trees, they usually stand upright, that they maycling to the branches above them with their historians say they have seen onrang-outangswalking upon their feet with their hands clasped atthe backs of their necks, but / never did. O, Capt. Dumas, have you seen ourang-outangsin their wild state ? asked the children, excitedly. O yes, many times, in Africa, in China and inthe East Indies. They all have smooth blue-blackfaces, are five feet in height when grown, and theirbodies are covered with coarse red hair. They liveon fruits and roots, and sleep up in trees. They arenot very sociable in disposition, yet, occasionally, maybe seen in family groups. Some historians describethem as being so strong that ten men could not con-trol one when in the wild state ; and it is said theyactually do cover up the dead bodies of their specieswith dead leaves. Persons of rank often hunt theseanimals on the Island of Borneo, muc
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