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HARRIS HAWTHORNE WILDER. 



In the left hand of this individual, the one first noticed, all 

 four main lines, A, B, C, and D, which proceed from the triradii 

 at the bases of the four fingers, instead of running transversely 

 or obliquely across the palm, as in all cases hitherto observed, 



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FIG. ii. Hand of a chimpanzee (Anthropopithecus), taken from a drawing by 

 W. Kidd, and treated in the same way as Fig. 10, for better comparison with it. 

 Formula: 7-6-2 -2. 



pass downward in a longitudinal course, and terminate near 

 together in the middle of the wrist. This gives the unheard-of 

 formula 2-2-2-2, if they be considered as terminating together 



