158 CHARACTERS OF MAN. 



utang measured by Camper, of that described by Mr. Abel, 

 and of Tyson's chimpanse : — 



Man. Simia Satyrus. Siinia Tro- 



Inches. Camper. Abel. glodytes. 



The whole body"! Uncertain, "J 



from the vertex Wl but less [-30 - 31 2G 



to the heel J than . . . J 



Upper extremity . ..32 24| - 25 17 



Lower 39 16 - 13 12 



Humerus 13 8^ - 9 5 



rUlna 5 

 1 Radius 5 i 



Fore-arm (ulna)... 9- 9 - 10 



Hand 8^ 7 - 6^^ H 



Thumb 4i II 1^ 



Middle-finger 4J 3 2| 



Femur . .• 20 7 



Tibia 16f 7 



Foot lOi 7i- 8^ 5| 



Middle toe 2j 2^ l| 



In a monkey of two feet two inches, the humerus mea- 

 sured four and a quarter, the ulna five inches. 



The upper extremities of the pongo* of Borneo reach to 

 the ankles, when the animal is erect : its ulna, in the College 

 Museum, is 15f inches long ; the whole height certainly not 

 exceeding five feet. The man, whose gigantic skeleton is 

 preserved in the same place, was eight feet four inches : the 

 ulna, however, is only ]3f inches. 



The upper limbs of the gibbon touch the ground when 

 the animal is erect. 



Passing over some circumstances of less importance, 

 ord inarily enumerated among the distinctive characters of 



* AuDEBERT, Ilist. Ndt- (Ics Slnges ; Planche Anat. 2. fig. 6, The short 

 description of this animal, which, from the enormous size and strength of his 

 jaws, must be extremely formidable, given by Wdrmb in the 2d vol. of 

 the Memoirs of the Batavlan Society in Dutch is translated in the work of 

 AuDEBERT, p. 22 and 23. It is the first and only description we have of tijc 

 animal. Buffon, who had never seen this creature, nor any part of it 

 gives the name of pongo to the orang-utang. 



