ourangs

The natives on the northwest coast entertain no dread, and always represent the ourangs as harmless and inoffensive animals; and from what I saw, they would never attack a man unless brought to the ground.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

I will shortly forward a fine collection of skulls and skeletons from the northwest coast of Borneo, either shot by myself or brought by the natives; and I beg you will do me the favor to present the live ourangs and this collection to the Zoological Society.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

This probability is strengthened by the adult female on her way home: her color is dark brown, with black face and hands; and in color of hair, contour, and expression, she differs from the male ourangs with the callosities to a degree that makes me doubt her being the female of the same species.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

On the habits of the ourangs, as far as I have been able to observe them, I may remark, that they are as dull and as slothful as can well be conceived, and on no occasion when pursuing them did they move so fast as to preclude my keeping pace with them easily through

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

Not another moment was lost; the voices of the ourangs seemed to be calling them; and plunging through the shallow, they were soon out in deep water, and striking steadily but rapidly, silently but surely, towards the centre of the lagoon.

The Castaways Mayne Reid 1850

But I think you could have added some interesting matter on the character or disposition of the young ourangs which have been kept in France and England.

More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Charles Darwin 1845