. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. HABITS OF
. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. HABITS OF THE ORANG-OUTANG. 688 were adults, nine being males and seven females. The large adult males only varied from four feet one inch to four feet two inches in hight, measured fairly to the heel, so as to give the hight of the animal as if it stood perfectly erect. The extent of the outstretched arms was from seven feet two inches to seven feet eight inches; and the width of the face from ten to thirteen and a half inches. The largest orang measured by Temminck was four feet high. Of twenty-five specimens collected by Schlegel and Muller, the largest measured four feet one inch; and the largest skeleton iu the Calcutta museum was four feet one and a half inch. My specimens were all from the north-west coast of Borneo, those of the Dutch from the soutli and west coasts; and no specimen has yet reached Eurone exceeding these dimensions, alt^l^'lgh the total number of skins and skeletons must i,.>^ceed a ; The orang is a formidable opponent. " One day," says Wallace, " some Dyaks saw a large orang feeding by the river side. On being alarmed he fled to the jungle, and a number of men armed with spears and choppers ran out to intercept him. The man iu front tried to run his spear through the animal's body; but the orang seized it in his hands, and in an instant got hold of the man's arm, which ho seized in his mouth, making the teeth meet in the flesh ab
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