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The accompanying engraving represents very faithfully the “Orang-outang” of the interior.
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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Indians Orang-outang, that is satyrs, or woodmen ....
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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So he set out and soon came to the place where Orang-outang lived.
The Child's World Third Reader Sarah Withers Hetty Browne
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In one of the expeditions they captured a young Orang-outang.
The Wonder Island Boys: Adventures on Strange Islands Roger Thompson Finlay
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"Juliet" of the House of Orang-outang, waited on her cocoanut balcony for the coming of her "Romeo," and thus plaintively sang:
Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales Robert L. Taylor
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Before he started, Orang-outang made him a present of a fiddle and of a bow and arrow,
The Child's World Third Reader Sarah Withers Hetty Browne
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Of these the Orang-outang -- its name means "man of the woods" -- is the largest.
Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation Caroline Pridham
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Animal Kingdom which includes also the Orang-outang, the tusked
Trivia Logan Pearsall Smith 1907
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These are frequently called by the Malays "Orang Benua," or "men of the country," but they are likewise called "Orang-outang," the name which we apply to the big ape of Borneo.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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The Orang Benua or Orang-outang, frequently called Sakeis or Jakuns, consist of various tribes with different names, thinly scattered among the forests of the chain of mountains which runs down the middle of the Peninsula from Kēdah to Point Romania.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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