""■ . The Jnatomy of a T Y G M I E. ^3 



a Foot 5 and then makes an Inference from the different ftruifture of this 

 Organ^ that it performs the Ufes and Offices of both. 



All which is very agreeable to our Pygmk. But this Part^ in the For- 

 mation and it's Funftion too, being liker a Band, than a Foot ; for the 

 diftinguiftiing this fort of Animals from others, I have thought, whe- 

 ther it might not be reckoned and call'd rather ^ladru-manm than ^ia- 

 dritpes^ i. e. a four-handed^ than a four-footed Animal. 



And as it ufes it's hinder Fee? upon any occafion, zs Hands -^ fo like- 

 wife I obferved in our Pj/gmie, that it would make ufe of it's Hands, to 

 fupply the place of Feet. But when it went as a ^adruped on all four, 

 'twas awkwardly 5 not placing the Palm of the Hand flat to the Ground, 

 but it walk'd upon it's Knuckles, as I obferved it to do, when weak , 

 and had not ftrength enough to fupport it's Body. So that this Species 

 of Animals hath the Advantage of making ufe of their Feet as Hands, 

 and their Hands as Feet, as there is occafion. 



(m) Arift. The Os Humeri, and the Os Femoris are fhort, in rej^e^ of 

 tie Ulna and Tibia. 



\n2L Humane Skeleton, tht Os Humeri, and the Os Femork are much 

 longer than the Vina and Tibia. For in a Skeleton of a Woman I have 

 by me, the Os Humeri was Twelve Inches and a half, and the Ox Fe- 

 moris Seventeen Inches long , whereas the Ulna was but Nine Inches and 

 three quarters, and the Tibia Fourteen Inches long. In our Pygmie, the 

 Os Humeri was Five Inches and a half, and the Os Femoris Five Inches 

 long. The Vina was Five Inches and a half, and the Tibia was Four 

 Inches long. Thefe Bones in the Skeleton of a Monkey, were much of 

 the fame length with our Pygmies, fo that herein both differ from a Man, 

 and our Pygmie more refembles the Ape-kind. 



(ti) 'Arift. They have tio prominent Navel, but fomething hard^ in this 

 place of the Navel. 



In our Pygmie the Vmbilictfs or Navel appeared very fair, and in the 

 exaft Place, as 'tis in a Man 3 not prominent nor harder, but in all re- 

 fped Natural and alike. 



(0) Arift. They have the upper Parts much larger than the lorver, as being 

 Quadrupeds, almoji as jive to three ; and as upon this account, fo becaufe 

 they have Feet like Hands, as if they were compounded of a Hand and Foot .' 

 Of a Foot, in rejpe£{ of the Heel behind-^ and of a Hand, as to the other 

 Parts ; for they have Fingers,' and what we call the Palm. 



In Quadrupeds ufually the Vpper or fore- parts are much larger than 

 theL(?irer or hinder 5 and 'tis fo in.the Ape and Monh^ey-Ym^, as theP^/- 

 lofopher Remarks. But in our Pygmie I think this Obfervation will not 

 hold. For tho' it v/as much emaciated, by reafon of it's long illnefs, fo 

 that it feemed very thin and lank in the Belly 5 yet behind it look'd fquare 

 enough, and proportionable as a Man. Bat the Orang-Outang of Tulpius 



had , 



