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afforded me to study this singularly interest- 

 ing little animal. Its measurement was as 

 follows : — From the os calcis to the vertex of the 

 head, two feet four inches ; span of the arms, 

 four feet ; length of the arm, from the axilla to 

 the termination of the fore-finger, one foot ten 

 and a half inches ; length of the leg, from the 

 groin to the os calcis, eleven inches ; length 

 from the xiphoid or ensiform cartilage to the 

 crest of the pubis, seven and a half inches. 



The teeth are twelve in each jaw ; four in- 

 cisors, two canine, and six molares. In the 

 upper jaw, the canine were placed widely apart 

 from the last incisor, giving an appearance as if 

 a tooth was deficient : this circumstance did not 

 occur in the lower jaw. The teeth were in a 

 very bad condition. In colour, the animal was 

 of a beautiful jet black, being covered with 

 coarse hair over the whole body. The face 

 has no hair, except on the sides, as whiskers, 

 and the hair stands forward from the forehead 

 over the eyes : there is very little beard. The 

 skin of the face is black ; the arms are very 

 long, the radius and ulna being of greater length 

 than the os humeri : the hair on the arms runs 

 in one direction, viz. downwards ; that on the 

 fore-arm, upwards ; the hands are long and nar- 



