in the Island of Sumatra. 875 



brought on board his ship, stated that " he was a full head 

 taller than any man on board, measuring seven feet in what 

 might be called his ordinary standing posture, and eight feet, 

 when suspended for the purpose of being skinned."' 



The following measurements, which I have carefully made 

 of different parts of the animal in the Society's Museum, go far 

 to determine this point, and are entirely in favour of Captain 

 Cornfoof s accuracy. The skin of the body of the animal, dried 

 and shrivelled as it is, measures in a straight hne from the top 

 of the shoulder to the part where the ancle has been removed, 

 5 feet 10 inches, the perpendicular length of the neck as it is 

 in the preparation 3 J inches, the length of the head from the 

 top of the forehead to the end of the chin 9 inches, and the 

 length of the skin still attached to the foot from its line of sepa- 

 ration from the legs 8 inches ; — we thus obtain 7 feet 6 J inches 

 as the approximated height of the animal. The natural bend- 

 ing posture of the ape tribe would obviously diminish the 

 height of the standing posture in the hving animal, and pro- 

 bably reduce it to Captain Cornfoot's measurement of 7 feet, 

 whilst the stretching that would take place when the animal 

 was extended for dissection, might as obviously increase his 

 length to 8 feet. 



(To be continued.) 



On the Lead Mines in the South of Spain. 



I HE metalliferous limestone of the South of Spain is so rich 

 in galena, as to furnish, even in the present imperfect state of 

 mining in that country, about 20,000 tons of lead, a quantity 

 nearly equal to half of the total produce of the lead mines of 

 England (45,000 tons). It is worthy the attention of the lead- 

 mine owners in England, that those of Spain consider themselves 

 well paid if they get L. 19 sterling per ton, on delivery in Lon- 

 don ; and that the quantity actually made will go on increasing, 

 as the population becomes more numerous, or as the power of 

 machinery is substituted for manual labour. The introduction 

 into this district of machinery from England, also deserves the 

 most serious consideration, as it would not only give the greats 



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