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THE RELATIONS OF MAN 



I have dwelt upon this point at length, because it is 

 one regarding which much delusion prevails ; but I might 

 have passed it over without detriment to my argument, 

 which only requires me to show that, be the differences 

 between the hand and foot of Man and those of the Go- 

 rilla what they may the differences between those of the 

 Gorilla and those of the lower Apes are much greater. 



It is not necessary to descend lower in the scale than 

 the Orang for conclusive evidence on this head. 



The thumb of the Orang differs more from that of the 

 Gorilla than the thumb of the Gorilla differs from that of 

 Man, not only by its shortness, but by the absence of any 



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FIG. 20. Foot of Man, Gorilla, and Orang-Utan of the same absolute 

 length, to show the differences in proportion of each. Letters as in Fig. 19. 

 Reduced from original drawings by Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins. 



