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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- 

 where, and small tufts at the junction of the skin with the 

 neck, are curled abruptly upwards, corresponding with the 

 direction of the hair at the back of the head. In the dimen- 

 sions which I am about to give of the skin, I have stated that 

 it measures from one extremity of the arm to another, 5 feet 

 8 inches ; to this is to be added 15 inches on each side for 

 the hands and wrists, which will render the whole span of 

 the animal equal to 8 feet 2 inches. 



The following are the measurements which I have made of 

 the different parts : 



Of the Face. Plate IF. Fig. 1. 



Whole length of the 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 setting on of the neck, 

 Circumference of the mouth, - 



Dimensions of the Skin. 

 Greatest breadth about the centre of the skin, 

 Greatest length down the centre of the back, 

 Length from the extremity of one arm, where it is separated 



from the wrist, to the other, - 



Breadth of the skin from the situation of the os coccygis to the 



setting on of the thigh, - 



Across the middle of the thigh, - 



Greatest length of the hair on the shoulders and back, 



■Measurement of the Hands and Feet. 

 Front Measurement of Hand. Fig. 2, 3. 

 Length of hand from the end of the middle finger to the wrist 



in a right line, - 



Circumference of hand over the knuckle, 

 Length of palm from the wrist, ... 



Length of middle finger, - 



— of fore finger, - 



— of little finger, - 



— of ring finger, - - 



— of thumb, 







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