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It will be enough to mention the hand alone of the remaining 

 series with a note as to each animal. 



Fig. 64 gives the hand of a chimpanzee with ridges on the pulps 

 resembling those of all the apes, monkeys and lemurs, arched groups 

 on the digits and longitudinal ones on the centre of the palm, both 

 of these last two being exactly what would be found arising from 





Fig. 64. — Chimpanzee — right hand. 



Fig. 66. — Orang — right hand. 



the actions of climbing branches and discriminating globular objects 

 in the palm. 



Fig. 65 is that of a gorilla and its general features resemble 

 closely those of the chimpanzee and of Fig. 66 which is that of an 

 orang. 



Fig. 67 of a Hainan gibbon is very different on the palm from 

 the other three apes for its ridges are nearly all longitudinal or 



