218 Dr. C. Abel on the Sumatran Orang Oxitang. 



Skin. — The skin itself is of a dark leaden colour. The hair 

 is of a brownish red, but when observed at some distance, has 

 a dull, and in some places an almost black appearance ; but 

 in a strong light it is of a light red. It is in all parts very long ; 

 on the fore-arm it is directed upwards ; on the upper arm its 

 general direction is downwards, but from its length it hangs 

 shaggy below the arm ; from the shoulders it hangs in large 

 and long massy tufts, which in continuation with the long hair 

 on the back, seem to form one long mass to the very centre 

 of the body. About the flanks the hair is equally long, and 

 in the living animal must have descended below the thighs and 

 nates. On the limits, however, of the latei'al termination of 

 the skin which must have covered the chest and belly, it is 

 scanty, and gives the impression that these parts must have 

 been compai'atively bare. Round the upper part of the back 

 it is also much thinner than elsewhere, and small tufts at the 

 junction of the skin with the neck are curled abruptly up- 

 wards, corresponding with the direction of the hair at the back 

 of the head. 



In the dimensions which I am about to give of the skin, I 

 have stated that it measures from one extremity of the arm to 

 another five feet eight inches ; to this is to be added fifteen 

 inches on each side for the hands and wrists, which will ren- 

 der the whole span of the animal equal to eight feet two 

 inches. 



The following are the measurements which I have made of 

 the different parts : 



Face. 



Length of the forehead from 

 the commencement of the 

 hair to a point between the 

 eyes 



From between the eyes to the 

 end of the nose .... 



From the end of the nose to 

 the mouth 



From the mouth to the set- 

 ting on of the neck . . 



Circumference of the mouth . 



Skin. 



Greatest breadth about the //. 



centre of the skin ... 3 

 Greatest length down the 



centre of the back . . 3 

 Length from the extremity 



of one arm wiiere it is se- 



parated from the wrist to //, 

 the other 5 



Breadth of the skin from the 

 situation of the os coccy- 

 gis to the setting on of tlie 

 thigh 1 



Across the middle of the 

 thigh 1 



Greatest length of the hair 

 onthe shouldersand back 





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MEASUREMENT OF HANDS AND FEET. 



Front measurement of hand. 

 Length of handfromtheend ft. in. 

 of the middle fingerto tlie 

 wrist in a right line . . 1 

 Circumference of hand over 



the knuckks .... 1 1 

 Length of palm from the 



wrist 6| 



Length 



