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rfie ears resembling those of man, but small, and 

 applied close to the head; the arms of consider- 

 able length. In the adult state, from what we im- 

 perfectly know, these characters will vary widely, and 

 still more so if the Pongo shall ultimately prove iden- 

 tical with it, which the high authority of Cuvier would 

 now warrant us to consider decided, did there not exist 

 so very wide a difference between the characters given 

 by him and Lacepede, and those which so many in the 

 young state have exhibited. We have added the den- 

 tition of the Pongo from Frederic Cuvier, reduced two- 

 thirds, and the resemblance between it and the teeth 

 of the large Sumatran orang, will be immediately seen. 



