478 Dr. Harwoop on the Hands of an Orang Otang. 
From the evidence which has been thus briefly adduced, I 
shall in concluding only further observe, that I consider the 
differences mentioned fully sufficient to disprove the identity 
of the Simia Satyrus with the Pongo, though they are at the 
same time very closely allied to each other. The specimens of 
the hands which I have taken the liberty of bringing under your 
notice, may most probably have belonged to the former animal, 
in which case they afford a very imposing example of his vast 
physical powers, when allowed to attain mature age in the 
shady recesses of his native forests. 
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