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thus obtain seven feet six inches and a half as the 

 approximate height of the animal." 



A description of the remains of this gigantic animal 

 is also given by Dr Abel. " The face, with the 

 exception of the beard, is nearly bare, a few straggling 

 short downy hairs being alone scattered over it, and 

 is of a dark lead colour. The eyes are small in rela- 

 tion to those of man, and are about an inch apart ; 

 the eyelids well fringed with lashes. The ears are 

 one inch and a half in length, and barely an inch in 

 breadth, are closely applied to the head, and resemble 

 those of man, with the exception of wanting the lower 

 lobe. The nose is scarcely raised above the level of 

 the face, and is chiefly distinguished by two nostrils, 

 three-fourths of an inch in breadth, placed obliquely 

 side by side. The mouth projects considerably in a 

 mammillary form, and its opening is very large ; when 

 closed, the lips appear narrow, but are in reality half 

 an inch in thickness. The hair of the head is of a 

 reddish-brown, grows from behind forwards, and is 

 five inches in length. The beard is handsome, and 

 appears to have been curly in the animal's lifetime, 

 and approaches to a chestnut colour ; it is about three 

 inches long, springing very gracefully from the upper 

 lip near the angles of the mouth, in the form of mus- 

 taches ; when descending, it mixes with that of the 

 chin, the whole having a very wiry aspect ; the face 

 of the animal is much wrinkled." The length of 

 the face, from the commencement of the hair on the 



