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down, and then soon made off over the tree-tops. I did not care to follow it, as it was
swampy, and in parts dangerous, and I might easily have lost myself in the eagerness of pur-
suit.
On the 12th of May I found another, which behaved in a very similar manner, howling
and hooting with rage, and throwing down branches. I shot at it five times, and it remained
dead on the top of the tree, supported in a fork in such a manner that it would evidently not
fall. I therefore returned home, and luckily found some Dyaks, who came back with me, and
climbed up the tree for the animal. This was the first full-grown specimen I had obtained;
but it was a female, and not nearly so large or remarkable as the full-grown males. It was,
however, 3 ft. 6 in. high, and its arms stretched out to a width of 6 ft. 6 in. I preserved the
skin of this specimen in a cask of arrack, and prepared a perfect skeleton, which was after-
wards purchased for the Derby Museum.
Female Orang-utan (
From a Photograph
)
