106 THE NATURAL HISTORY OF 



tionally greater, when compared to the upper, than in 

 man. 



" From the lower ribs, the diameter of the abdomen 

 decreases rapidly to the loins, where the animal is 

 peculiarly slender; a circumstance in which it ap- 

 proaches the other Simice. The pelvis appears long 

 and narrow^ another approximation to the rest of the 

 genus. 



ff With regard to the limbs, the chief difference 

 between our specimen and Dr Tyson's figure, consists 

 in the excessive length of the arms, which in this 

 animal descend below the knees, by the whole length 

 of the phalanges of the fingers, which are above three 

 inches in length. The same observation applies to 

 almost every figure of this animal which I have seen. 

 The proportions in the work of Camper approach 

 nearest, in the present instance, in this particular. 

 The hand differs from the human, in having the 

 thumb by far the smallest of the fingers. The foot is 

 more properly a hand appended to a tarsus. The 

 thumb of this extremity is very long, powerful, and 

 capable of great extension. The legs are certainly 

 furnished with calves ; but they scarcely resemble the 

 human in form, because they are continued of equal 

 thickness 'nearly to the heel. When this animal is 

 erect, the knees appear considerably bent, as is the case 

 with the other Simice, and it stands with the limbs 

 more apart than man/' 



Such is the minute description by Dr Trail. An^ 

 >ther specimen of this animal, and one of the Asiatic 



