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 pursuit.
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.