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ON THE NATURAL HISTORY 



top of the head to the heel of the foot, in a strait line, it 

 measured twenty-six inches." 



These characters, even without Tyson's good figures 

 (Figs. 3 and 4), would have been sufficient to prove his 

 " Pygmie " to be a young Chimpanzee. But the oppor- 

 tunity of examining the skeleton of the very animal Tyson 

 anatomised having most unexpectedly presented itself to 

 me, I am able to bear independent testimony to its being 



Fios. 3 and 4. The Pygmie ' reduced from Tyson* 

 figures 1 and 2, 1699. 



a veritable Troglodytes niger* though still very young. 

 Although fully appreciating the resemblances between his 



* I am indebted to Dr. Wright, of Cheltenham, whose paleonto- 

 logical labours are so well known, for bringing this interesting relic 

 to my knowledge. Tyson's granddaughter, it appears, married Dr. 

 Allardyce, a physician of repute in Cheltenham, and brought, as 

 part of her dowry, the skeleton of the ' Pygmie.' Dr. Allardyce 

 presented it to the Cheltenham Museum, and, through the good 

 offices of my friend Dr. Wright, the authorities of the Museum have 

 permitted me to borrow, what is, perhaps, its most remarkable 

 ornament. 



