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tion. A needful progressive change has indeed taken place, 

 namely, the development of the peroncuits tertius, a muscle for 

 lifting the outer edge of the foot and thus counteracting the 



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tendency to walk exclusively upon this portion ; but the change 

 in the line of reduction of a needless complexity of parts has 



