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pointed extremities of the fingers. Van der Hoeven, 

 in his well-known treatise, De Natuurlijke Geschie- 

 denis van den Negerstam, has described and drawn 

 the hand of an Ashanti boy, formed in this manner. 



Fig. 31. — Hand of a very aged male gorilla. 



Hence there is a disposition to recognize in this 

 peculiarity an important characteristic of the negro 

 race. As in the hand of the gorilla, the connective 

 web between the bases of the fingers is also extensive. 



