132 THE NA.TUEAL HISTOBY OP 



both jaws, the great length and strength of the canine 

 teeth, will point out the variation from the characters 1 

 which are generally given to the genus from a young 

 animal, while they also show the resemblance to our 

 sketch, from F. Cuvier, of the dentition of the Pongo.* 



" The palms of the hands are very long, and quite 

 naked from the wrists. Their backs, to the last joint 

 of the fingers, are covered with hair, which inclines a 

 little backwards ; all the fingers have nails, which are 

 strong, convex, and of a black colour ; the thumb 

 reaches to the first joint of the forefinger. The 

 length from the end of the middle finger to the wrist, 

 in a right line, was one foot ; the circumference over 

 the knuckles, eleven inches ; the length of the thumb 

 upon the palm, two inches and a half. The feet are 

 covered with long brown hair on the back, to the last 

 joint of the toes, and the great toe is set on nearly at 

 right angles. The length of the foot, from the heel to 

 the end of the middle toes, one foot two inches ; the 

 circumference round the knuckles, nine inches and 

 three quarters ; length of the great toe, upon lower 

 surface, two inches and three quarters.t 



" The skin itself was of a dark leaden colour. The 

 hair of a brownish red; but when observed at some 



See page 108. 



f- Reduced plates are given of the hands and feet by Dr Abel, 

 in the Asiatic Researches, and two plates of the full size have been 

 introduced into James Wilson's Illustrations of Zoology, taken 

 from casts in the Museum of the Royal Society. 



