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is relatively very short. The original color, however, of the 
ands, arms and feet is somewhat uncertain, in consequence 
of the effect of the spirit.in which they have been preserved. 
Description of the skin of the animal. 
The skin itself is of a dark, leaden color. The hair is of 
a brownish red, but when observed at some distance, has a 
ull, and, in some places, an almost black appearance, but 
in a strong Bre it is of alight red. It is im all parts very 
it oe shaggy below the arm. From SET it 
path in BONE and large massy tufts, ahh in continuation 
e long hair, on the gee ee seems to form a continuous 
fosthe Gt centre of the body. About the fla 2 
sae is equally long, and, in the living animal, must have de- 
scended bela is thighs and nates. On the limits however 
of the lateral termination of skin, which must have covered 
the chest and belly, it is scanty and gives the impression that 
these parts must have been comparatively bare. Round the 
upper part of the back, it is also much thinner than else- 
ape conclusions to which Dr. Tee arrives eg his nu- 
merous experiments are, “ That the temperature of man in- 
eoaaes after passing from a cold, or even temperate climate 
into one that is warm pi the temperature of the inhabit- 
ants AUS warm climates is permanently higher than the tem- 
of phase of mild,—and that the temperature of dif- 
Lc sof mankind, ceteris paribus, is very much, in- 
at 
ed b 2 cl ; these are conclusions which the 
sccoune Son man may seem to warrant. 
The first conclusion, I am aware is not novel; but I do 
not | Baer. that it was aeeiass before, excepting from very 
ty data. 
The second conclusion, Eongh. conformable with the 
rst, isd believe, new; indeed it is contrary to.a received 
on that Abe temperature fn otthy dn warm climates, al 
