98 THE ORANG-OUTANGS, OR 



with the moft fcrupulous exadlnefs, and have gi- 

 ven us the refults of the comparifons they made 



between 



the apes. 5. He is in every article formed for walking ereA, 

 which is by no means the cafe with the apes and monkeys. 

 6. He has thicker buttocks than all the other apes. 7. He 

 . has calfs to his legs. 8. His bread and fhoulders are broader 

 than thofe of the apes. g. His heel is longer. 10. He has 

 a cellular membrane, placed, as in man, under the ikin. 1 1. 

 His peritonaeum is entire, and not pierced or lengthened, as 

 it is in the apes. 12. His inteftines are longer than thofe of 

 liie apes. 13. The inteftinal canal is of diiferent diameters, 

 as in man, and not equal or nearly equal, as in the apes. 

 14. His caecum has a vermicular appendix, as in man ; buf 

 this appendix is wanting in all the other apes : Befides, the 

 neck of the colon is not fo long as tliat of the apes. 1 6. The 

 infcrtions of the biliary and pancreatic duifls have but one 

 common orifice in man and the orang-outang ; but, in the mon- 

 keys, thefc infertions are two inches afunder. 16. The colon is 

 longer than that of the apes. 17. The liver is not divided 

 into lobes, as in the apes, but entire, as in man. 18. The bi- 

 liary velfels arc the fame as in man. 19. The fpleen, and, 

 20. the pancreas, are the fame. 21. The number of lobes 

 in the lungs is the fame. 22. The pericardium is attached lo 

 the diaphragm, as in man. 23. The cone of the heart is 

 blunter than in the apes. 24. He has no pouches at the 

 bottom of the cheeks, as the other apes and monkeys have. 

 25. His brain is larger than that of the apes, and exaifily 

 formed like the human brain. 26. The cranium is rounder 

 and double the fi/.e of that of the monkeys. 27. AU the fu- 

 tures of the cranium are fimilar to thofe of man ; and the 

 bones called ojfa triquetra Warmiana are found in the lambdoid 

 future, which is not the cafe in the other apes or monkeys. 

 2S. He has the-sj crihrifonnc and the crijla galli, which are 

 wanting in the monkeys. 29. He has the yZV/a eqnlna ^\a&\-j 

 as in man ; but, in the apes and monkeys, this part is more 

 elevated and prominent. 30. The procelfus ptcrejoideus is 

 the fame as in man ; but it is wanting in the apes and' mon- 

 keys. 



