| Description | As Kater has expressed an interest in the orangoutan at dinner, Lady Raffles provides a long memorandum describing the appearence and behaviour of one specimen, 'of a melancholy inactive disposition'. The great ape lived in a small house made for him in one of the verandahs and the letter describes his interactions with the children of the family, and especially their nurse. Lady Raffles notes that clothes were made for the animal, commissioned by her brother, and gives an account of the orangoutan inspecting her wardrobe and watch. The creature eventually died of fever and a second was obtained, which did not live as long. She states that she has heard 'some of the natives assert that they make habitations for themselves'. |