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even better than the preceding figure the points 

 there mentioned with regard to the feet and great 

 toes. Again, as Dr. Robinson observes, the attitude, 

 and the disproportionately large development of the 

 arms as compared with the legs, give all the photo- 

 graphs a striking resemblance to a picture of the 



Fig. 14. An infant, three weeks old, supporting its own weight for 

 over two minutes. The attitude of the lower limbs, feet, and toes, 

 is strikingly simian. Reproduced from an instantaneous photograph, 

 kindly given for the purpose by Dr. L. Robinson. 



chimpanzee "Sally" at the Zoological Gardens. For 

 " invariably the thighs are bent nearly at right angles 

 to the body, and in no case did the lower limbs hang 

 down and take the attitude of the erect position." He 

 adds, " In many cases no sign of distress is evinced, 

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