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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF 



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 strength enough to support its body." 

 " From the top of the head to the heel of the foot, in 

 a straight line, it measured twenty-six inches." 



FIGS. 3 & 4. The 'Pygmie' reduced from Tyson's figures 1 and 2, 1699. 



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 



