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arranged, the roof of the mouth being quite 

 black. 



Descending from the head, we again find a 

 resemblance to the human form, in the shoulders, 

 neck and chest, though the latter is wide in pro- 

 portion to the pelvis ; in the form of the arms, 

 particularly of the elbows, and in the appearance 

 of the hands, excepting that they are narrower 

 and more elongated than the human, and the 

 fingers more tapering; the thumb being very 

 short, scarcely reaching the first joint of the fore 

 finger. But the arms are long in proportion to 

 the legs, and to the height of the body ; and this, 

 with some other circumstances presently to be 

 noticed, is unfavourable to the erect positiori. 

 All the fingers have very perfect nails ; oval in 

 form, and exactly terminating at their extremi- 

 ties. Below the chest, when the animal is in the 

 quiescent state, the abdomen is prominent, and 

 what has been vulgarly denominated, "pot bel- 

 lied," which gives him a grotesque appearance 

 in the sitting posture. 



The Pelvis, unlike the human, is narrow and 

 contracted ; and this, with the deficiency of the 

 glutoei muscles, and those of the thighs and legs, 

 (the latter being short and bandy,) remove him in 

 the lower portion of his frame, still further from 

 the human resemblance, and disqualify him alto- 

 gether from walking or resting long in the erect? 

 attitude. 



