havemainlybuiltmyhopesofafullsolutionoftheriddle。A
Frenchmanwascognizantofthemurder。Itispossible-indeeditisfarmorethanprobable-thathewasinnocentofallparticipationinthebloodytransactionswhichtookplace。TheOurang-Outangmayhaveescapedfromhim。Hemayhavetracedittothechamber；but，undertheagitatingcircumstanceswhichensued，hecouldneverhavere-capturedit。Itisstillatlarge。Iwillnotpursuetheseguesses-forIhavenorighttocallthemmore-sincetheshadesofreflectionuponwhichtheyarebasedarescarcelyofsufficientdepthtobeappreciablebymyownintellect，andsinceIcouldnotpretendtomakethemintelligibletotheunderstandingofanother。Wewillcallthemguessesthen，andspeakofthemassuch。IftheFrenchmaninquestionisindeed，asIsuppose，innocentofthisatrocity，thisadvertisementwhichIleftlastnight，uponourreturnhome，attheofficeof’LeMonde，’apaperdevotedtotheshippinginterest，andmuchsoughtbysailors，willbringhimtoourresidence。”
Hehandedmeapaper，andIreadthus：
CAUGHT-_IntheBoisdeBoulogne，earlyinthemorningofthe-
inst。，_themorningofthemurder，_averylarge，tawnyOurang-OutangoftheBornesespecies。Theowner，whoisascertainedtobeasailor，belongingtoaMaltesevessel，mayhavetheanimalagain，uponidentifyingitsatisfactorily，andpayingafewchargesarisingfromitscaptureandkeeping。CallatNo。，Rue，FaubourgSt。Germain-autroisi阭e。_