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awkwardly ; not placing the palm of the hand flat 

 to the ground, but it walk'd upon its knuckles, 

 as I observed it to do when weak and had not 

 etrength enough to support its body," " From 



FIG. 3. The "Pygmie" reduced from Tyson's figure 1, 1699. 



the top of the head to the heel of the foot, in a 

 strait line, it measured twenty-six inches.' 1 



These characters, even without Tyson's good 

 figure (Figs. 3 and 4), would have been sufficient 



