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in a carpal triradius, or, what is still more remarkable I I I I, 

 if they do not. 



It is rather unusual, but by no means rare, to find line A as- 

 suming a low position along the lower third of the free outer 

 border of the palm (position 3) ; several cases have been met with 



FIG. 12. Hand of a gorilla, taken from a drawing by W. Kidd and treated in the 

 same way as Fig. 10, for better comparison with it. Formula: 3 - 3'2- 1- (?). 



in which this line reaches the carpal triradius (2) ; and one 

 instance is known of line A terminating within (on the 

 thumb-side of) this point (position i); but no such course has 

 ever been recorded for any of the other main lines, not even B, 



