100 THE ORANG-OUTANGS, OR 



Engllfh, that the reader may be enabled to 

 form a judgment of the almoft entire refem- 

 blance between this animal and the human fpe- 



cies. 



MIS and licei>i fsmoris mufdes, are fimilar to thofe of man ; 

 but they are different in the apes and monlceys, &c. 



The orang-outang differs from the human fpecies Eiore 

 than from the apes and monkeys in the followinjj articles. 

 I. Tlie thumb is proportionally fmaller than that of man ; 

 but it is larger than that of the other apes. 2. The palm of 

 the hand is longer and narrower than in man. 3. He dif- 

 fers from man and approaches the apes by the length of his 

 toes. 4. He differs from man by having the large toe of 

 the foot removed nearly to the diftance of an inch from the 

 next one, and ho ihould be rather confidered as a four-handed 

 animal than a quadruped. 5. His thighs are Ihorter than 

 thofe of man ; and, 6. his arms are longer. 7. The tefticles 

 are not pendulous. 8. The epiploon is larger than in man. 

 9. The gall-bladder is longer and narrower. 10. The kid- 

 neys are rounder than in man ; and the ureters are alfo dif- 

 ferent. II. The bladder is longer, iz. He has no fraettum 

 to the prepuce. 13. The bone in the orbit of the eye is funk 

 deeper. 14. He wants the two cavities below the _/}//»/ turcica. 



15. The maftoid and flyloid proceffes are extremely fniall. 



16. The bones of the nofe are flat. 17. The vertebrae of the 

 neck are lliort, as in the apes, Hat before and not round, and 

 their fpinal proceffes are not forked, as in man. iS. He has 

 no fpinal procefs in the firft t^cr/fira of the neck. 19. He 

 has thirteen ribs on each fide, and man has only twelve. 

 20. The«p ilia are perfciflly fimilar to thofe of the apes, being 

 longer, narrower, and Icfs concave than in man. 21. The fol- 

 lowing mufcles are found in man, and are wanting in the 

 orang-outang, Occifitales, frontales, dilatatares alarum naji, feu 

 elevatcres labii fii[>erioris, interfpirialet colli, glutaci viinimi, exten- 



for digitontni pedis brez-is, et traiifvcrfalis pedis. 2 2. The mufcles 

 ■which appear not in the orang-outang, and are fometimes, 

 found in man, are thofe called pyramidalcs, caro mnfculofa qua- 

 drata, the long tendon and flefliy body of the palmaris, the 

 attollens and retrakeni awiculam. 23. The orang-outang, has 



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