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skull, the teeth, the hand, the foot, or even the 

 brain, it has been established by Huxley, after the 

 most careful determination of form and weight 

 and number, that in every visible character &quot; the 

 structural differences which separate man from 

 the gorilla and chimpanzee are not .so great as 

 those which separate the gorilla from the lower 

 apes.&quot; Secondly, the minute structure and com 

 position of the tissues and blood of monkeys is 

 closely similar to our own. They are liable to 

 our diseases, and have been known to suffer from 

 catarrh, consumption, apoplexy, fever, etc. Their 

 nervous system, too, is similarly affected. They 

 often take to tea, coffee, tobacco, and spirituous 

 liquors. They have been known to get drunk ; 

 and on the following morning they have exhib 

 ited the perfectly human phenomenon of Iatz- 

 enjammer, with its complication of headache, 

 doleful countenance, and disgust with beer or 

 wine, but relish for the juice of lemons. An 

 American monkey, we are told, after once getting 

 drunk on brandy, would never taste it again. 

 Shall we call this the simian stage of American 

 teetotalism? Thirdly, man possesses in a rudi 

 mentary condition organs or parts which are 

 regularly present in some of the lower animals. 

 These now useless parts and organs can be ex- 



