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THE COMMON FROG. 



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man himself belongs, we actually find a similar 

 development. 



Amongst the very peculiar beasts v/hich inhabit the 

 island of Madagascar, there are certain small creatures, 



Fig. 58.— The Maholi Gabgo. 



" Half-Apes," belonging to the genus CJieirogalais, in 

 which two of the ankle-bones are elongated in a 

 manner similar to that of the frog. The same 

 character is more marked in an African genus of half- 



