Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 43
A Book of Natural History Borneo, except in the mountains, or where the popula-tion is dense. In favorable places the hunter may, bygood fortune, see three or four in a day. Except in the pairing time, the old males usuallylive by themselves. The old females and the immaturemales, on the other… … to their offspring.The young Orangsseem to remain un-usually long undertheir mothers protec-tion, probably in con-sequence of their slowgrowth. While climb-ing the mother alwayscarries her youngagainst her bosom, theyoung holding on bythe mothers hair. Atwhat time of life the Orang-Utan becomes…
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