. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. 9. CASHMEKE GOAT 10. YAK. extends over India, Ceylon, Burmah, Siam, Cochin China, the MalayPeninsula, and Sumatra. The Hogs of India and China are represented I ASIATIC ANIMAIS. 53. CrOLDEN ill Celebes and Borneoby tlie ferocious Bab}-roussa (33), tlie malesof wliich species liavetusks of great size, andtliose of tlie upper jawcurve upwards andbackwards, so as some-tim
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. 9. CASHMEKE GOAT 10. YAK. extends over India, Ceylon, Burmah, Siam, Cochin China, the MalayPeninsula, and Sumatra. The Hogs of India and China are represented I ASIATIC ANIMAIS. 53. CrOLDEN ill Celebes and Borneoby tlie ferocious Bab}-roussa (33), tlie malesof wliich species liavetusks of great size, andtliose of tlie upper jawcurve upwards andbackwards, so as some-times to penetrate tlieskull. Tlie Orang-outan(27) is the great ape ofBorneo and Sumatra,Its long ruddy-brownliair, and great forward-projecting jaws, mark itoff decidedly from man, as well as its very long arms, much used inbalancing the creature while walking. The long-armed Gibbons of theMalay Islands, Malacca, Southern India, and China, the sacred mon- _ ^ ^^^I^^^^ --=-==M^^^_ keys of India, the long-nosed andlong-tailed monkeys of Borneo,the Macaques, which extend intoTibet, North China, and Japan,are too numerous to mention. TheBaboons extend from Africa intoArabia. The Loris are an extra-ordinary kind of Lemurs (a lowergroup of the Primates or Monkeyclass), akin to those which aboundin Madagascar, and found in India, Further India, and many of the greatislands of the Malay Archipelago. Th
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