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the myoides, which being at that time drawn 

 down, it also draws down with it the skin, and 

 consequently the features of the face. By these 

 means the visage takes a particular form ; the 

 lower eye-lids, and the corners of the mouth, are 

 drawn downwards ; so that the eyes are enlarged 

 and the mouth lengthened ; and women in these 

 circumstances are said, by the midwives, to be all 

 mouth and eyes" 



The arms of men but very little resemble the 

 fore-feet of quadrupeds, and much less the wings 

 of birds. The ape is the only animal that is pos- 

 sessed of hands and arms ; but these are much 

 more rudely fashioned, and with less exact pro- 

 portion than in men ; " the thumb not being so 

 well opposed to the rest of the fingers, in their 

 hands, as in ours." 



The form of the back is not much different in 

 man from that of other quadruped animals, only 

 that the reins are more muscular in him and 

 stronger. The buttock, however, in man, is dif- 

 ferent from that of all other animals whatsoever. 

 What goes by that name, in other creatures, is 

 only the upper part of the thigh : man being the 

 only animal that supports himself perfectly erect, 

 the largeness of this part is owing to the pecu- 

 liarity of his position. 



Man's feet also are different from those of all 

 other animals, those even of apes not excepted. 

 The foot of the ape is rather a kind of awkward 

 hand ; its toes, or rather fingers, are long, and 

 that of the middle longest of all. This foot also 

 Wants the heel, as in man : the sole is narrower, 



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