CHAPTER III.

THE MAN-SHAPED APES (_continued_)--GENUS _Simia_--THE ORANG-UTAN.

Origin of the Name--Description of the Orang--Rajah Brooke’s First Specimen--Mr. Wallace’s Experiences in Mias Hunting--The Home of the Mias--A Mias at Bay--Their Nests, Habits, Food, and Localities--Different kinds of Orangs--Structural Points--The Intelligence and Habits of the Young--The Brain and its Case--Resemblances and Differences of Old and Young 59