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line of separation from the leg 8 inches : — we thus obtain 7 feet 

 6i inches as the approximate height of the animal. The na- 

 tural bending posture of the ape tribe would obviously dimi- 

 nish the height of the standing posture in the living animal, 

 and probably reduce it to Captain Cornfoot's measurement of 

 7 feet, whilst the stretching that would take place when the 

 animal was extended for dissection might as obviously increase 

 his length to 8 feet. 



Description of the remains of the animal. 

 Head. — The face of this animal with the exception of the 

 beard is nearly bare, a few straggling short downy hairs 

 being alone scattered over it, and is of a dark lead colom*. 

 The eyes are small in relation to those of man, and are 

 about an inch apart: the eyelids are well fringed with lashes. 

 The ears are one inch and a half in length, and barely an 

 inch in breadth, are closely applied to the head, and re- 

 semble those of man, with the exception of wanting the lower 

 lobe. The nose is scarcely raised above the level of the face, 

 and is chiefly distinguished by two nostrils three-fourths of an 

 inch in breadth, placed obliquely side by side. The mouth 

 projects considerably in a mammillary form, and its opening 

 is very large ; when closed, the lips appear narrow, but are 

 in reality half an inch in thickness. The hair of the head is 

 of a reddish brown, grows from behind forwards, and is five 

 inches in length. The beard is handsome and appears to have 

 been curly in the animal's life-time, and approaches to a ches- 

 nut colour ; it is about three inches long, springing very grace- 

 fully from the upper lip near the angles of the mouth, in the 

 form of mustachios, whence descending, it mixes with that of 

 the chin, the whole having at present a very wavy aspect. The 

 face of the animal is much wrinkled. 



Hands.— The palms of the hands are very long, are quite 

 naked from the wrists, and are of the colour of the face. 

 Their backs, to the last joint of the fingers, are covered 

 with hair, which inclines a little backwards towards the wrists 

 and then turns directly upwards. All the fingers have nails, 

 which are strong, convex, and of a black colour ; the thumb 

 reaches to the first joint of the fore-finger. 



Feet. — The feet are covered on the back with long brown 

 hair to the last joint of the toes : the great toe is set on nearly 

 at right angles to the foot, and is relatively very short. The 

 original colour of the palms of the hands and the soles of the 

 feet is somewhat uncertain, in consequence of the efiect ot tlie 

 spirit in whicli they have been preserved. 



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