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and obedient to his commands ; and such as their native ferocity- 

 renders incapable of utility, or dangerous to Ii is repose, he has 

 banished to the "howling wilderness." In fine, the surface of the 

 earth attests his industry and intelligence, and nature herself is 

 delighted to obey him. 



Recapitulation. — Characters Peculiar to Man. 



Biped ; bimanous ; erect attitude ; great proportion in the size 

 of the cranium over that of the face; development of brain ; direc- 

 tion of facial line; articulation of the head with the spine; rational; 

 endowed with speech ; prominent chin, and teeth of peculiar cha- 

 racters ; absence of ligamentum nuchas and intermaxillary bone: 

 great transverse measurement of the chest; curved spine, sacrum, 

 and coccyx; large pelvis; short arms; long, powerful thumb, pos- 

 sessing separate flexors ; length and direction of the neck of the 

 femur ; depth of internal condyle ; the whole flat of the foot resting 

 on the ground, and the leg joining it at a right angle. Man is also 

 remarkable for the smoothness of his skin, and the slowness of his 

 growth. 



The following are Camper's measurements of an ourang-outang, 

 compared with those of man : 



FOSSIL BONES OF ANIMALS. 



It is the undivided opinion of geologists, that there has been a 

 regular succession of deposits in the earth, and that the remains of 

 different animals (many of them long since extinct) are to be found 

 in the several strata. In the deeper strata, the remains of animals 

 low in the scale of organisation are to be met with ; in higher 

 strata, oviparous animals of large size and complex structure are 

 discovered; above these are found mammalia; and still nearer to 

 the surface, the bones of the megatherium, mastodon, rhinoceros, 

 elephant, &c. ; and it is now the prevalent opinion that man was 

 created last of all. 



