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THE MAX-LIKE APES. 



on all four, 'twas awkwardly; not placing the palm 

 of the hand flat to the ground, but it walk'd upon 

 its knuckles, as I observed it to do when weak and 

 had not strength enough to support its body," — 



Fig. 3. — The " Pvgmie " reduced from Tyson's figure 1, 



1699. 



" From the top of the head to the heel of the foot, 



in a straight line, it measured twenty-six inches." 



These characters, even without Tyson's good 



figure (Figs. 3 and 4), would have been sufficient 



