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with btiir, which vv.is of a coal black colour, more rescmhliiia: 

 liuinan hair than that of brutes. It bore a still stronger simili- 

 tude in its different lengths ; for in those places where it is long- 

 est on the human species it was also longest in this ; as on the 

 liead, the upper lip, the chin, and the pubes. The face was like 

 that of a man, the forehead larger, and the head round. The 

 upper and lower jaw were not so prominent as in monkeys ; but 

 (hit, like those of a man. The ears were like those of a man, 

 in most respects ; and the teeth had more resemblance to the 

 human than those of any other creature. The bending of tlie 

 arms and legs was just the same as in a man ; and, in short, tlie 

 animal at fii-st view, presented a figure entirely human. 



In order to discover its differences, it was necessary to take a 

 closer survey ; and then the imperfections of its form began to 

 appear. The first obvious difference was in the flatness of the 

 nose ; the next in the lowness of the forehead, and the vvanting 

 the prominence of the chin. The ears were proportionably too 

 large ; the eyes too close to each other ; and the interval be- 

 tween the nose and mouth too great. The body and limbs 

 differed, in the thighs being too short, and the arms too long ; 

 in the thumb being too little, and the palm of the hand too nar- 

 row. The feet also were rather more like hands than feet ; and 

 the animal, if we may judge from the figure, bent too much upon 

 its haunches. 



When this creature was examined anatomically, a surprising 

 similitude was seen to prevail in its internal conformation. It 

 differed from man in the number of its ribs, having thirteen ; 



Tliis hair inclined backwards towards the wrists, and then turned direitly 

 upwards. All the fingers were terminated by strong, black, convex nails. 

 The thumb reached to the first joint of the forefinger. The soles of the feet 

 were bare ; the feet were covered on the back with long brown hair, as far 

 as the last joint of the toes. The great toe was set on nearly at right angles 

 to the foot, and was relatively very short. The general colour of the skin 

 of this animal was a dark lead. The hair was of a brownish red, varying in 

 fome places to a blackish hue, I>ut apjii^aring red under a stronger light. It 

 was on all parts very long, directed upwards on the fore arm, but from the 

 upper arm it hung down loose and shaggy. It was equally long and full 

 upon the flanks, but was more scantily spread over the chest and fore part of 

 the body. The extended arms of this woodland giant were capable of em- 

 bracing a span of eight feet two inches. His height, according to the mea- 

 siu-ements of Dr Abel, may have exceeded, but could not have been less 

 than, seven feet six inches and a half. 



