1352 



Account of the Simia synddctyla, 



Esq., from the original, which is now deposited in the British 

 Museum. 



The object of this communication is to relate the habits 

 of the animal as observed on board the ship Sophia during the 

 passage to England. The measurement of the animal was as 

 follows : — From the os calcis to the vertex of the head, 2 ft. 

 4 in. ; span of the arms, 4 ft. ; length of the arm, from the 

 axilla to the termination of the fore finger, 1 ft. lO^in. ; 

 length of the leg, from the groin to the os calcis, 11 in.; length 

 from the xiphoid or ensiform cartilage to the crest of the 

 pubis, 7J in. 



The teeth are twelve in each jaw ; four incisors, two canine, 

 and six molares : in the upper jaw the canine were placed 

 widely apart from the last incisor, giving an appearance as if 



42 a tooth was deficient : 

 this did not occur in 

 the lower jaw. The 

 teeth of the animal 

 were in very bad con- 

 dition. The colour 

 of the animal is en- 

 tirely black, being 

 covered with stiff 

 hair of a beautiful jet 

 black over the whole 

 body ; the face has no 

 hair, except on the 

 sides as whiskers, 

 and the hair stands 

 forward from the 

 forehead over the 

 eyes ; there is little 

 beard. The skin of the 

 face is black; the arms 

 are very long, the 

 radius and ulna be- 

 ing of greater length 

 than the os humeri ; 

 the hair on the arm 

 runs in one direc- 

 tion, viz. downwards, 

 that on the forearm 

 upwards; the hands 

 are long and narrow, 

 fingers long and tapering; thumb short, not reaching farther 

 than the first joint of the fore finger; the palms of the hands 



