106 ANTHROPOID APES. 



have been able to use their feet like hands, as some 

 compensation for this privation. The most surpris- 

 ing instance of our time has occurred in the violinist 

 without arms, whose performances are heard in 

 various continental capitals. Another, mentioned 



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Fig. 33.— Satan's ape {Pithecia Satanas). Shows the formation and mode of using 

 the feet in apes of the New W^orld. 



by Bar, was able to write with his feet. But even 

 people who have the full use of their upper limbs 

 can often grasp with the great toe as if it were a 

 thumb, so as to pick up small objects from the 



