<y6 Or ang'-Qntang five Homo Sykejlns : QTj 



adhering to the Sutures of the Cranium above 5 before to the Crifta. Galli ; 

 and at the bajis fo ftrongly, that it was not eafily to be feparated. By 

 it's anterior Procefs of the Falx, it divided the two Hemi^heres of the 

 Cerebrum'^ by it's tranfverfe Procefs^ which defcended deep, jufl: as in a 

 Man , it feparated the Cerehmm and Cerebellum : it enjoyed the fame Si- 

 mus\ and in all Particulars 'twas conformable to what is in a Man. 



The Via Mater in our Pj/gmie was a fine thin Membrane which more 

 immediately covered the Subftance of the Brain^ and may be reckoned 

 it's proper Membrane 5 infinuating it'sfelf all along between t\\^ Anfradlus 

 of the Cerebrum and the Circilli of the Cerebellum ^ being copioufly fur- 

 nilhed with numerous Branches of B/00^ V'ejfeh, but they appeared more 

 on the Convex Part, then at the Bajis. 



The figure of the whole Brain in our Pygmie was globous ; but by 

 means of a greater jutting in of the Bones of the Orbit of theJBye, there 

 was occafioned a deeper depreffion on the Anterior Lobes of the Brain in 

 this place, than in a Man. As to other Circumftances here, I obferved 

 all Parts the fame. The Anfia&us of the Cerebrum were alike ; as alfo the 

 Subjiantia Corticalk and MeduUark. On the bafs of the Brain, we may 

 view all the Te« p^/r of Neraex exaftly fituated and placed as in a Hu- 

 mane Brain 5 nor did I find their Originations different, or any Parti- 

 cularity that was fo. I (hall therefore refer to the figures I have caufed to 

 be made of the Brain, and their Defcriptions ; where we may obferve the 

 ArteriiC Carotides, Vertebrates, and Commttnicans, and the whole of the 

 Blood Vejfels in our Tygmie to be the fame as in a Man. Here was the In- 

 fiindibulum, the Glandule du£ alh£ pone Jnfundihulum, the Medulla Ob- 

 longata with it's Annular Protuberance, aj^d the beginning of the Medulla 

 Spinalis, ju ft as in Man. I am here only a Nomenclator, for want of 

 Matter to make particular Remarks upon. And the Authorrs that have 

 hitherto furnilhed me with Notes, how the fame Parts are in Apes and 

 Monkeys, do fail me now ; it may be, finding here nothing new or dif- 

 ferent, they are therefore filent. All the Parijians do tell us of the 

 Brain intht'xt Monkeys \st\\\S : 



The Brain was large in proportion to the Body : It weighed tvpo Ounces 

 and an half. The Dura Mater eritered very far to form the Falx. The An- 

 f'a^mfities of the External part of the Brain rvere very like thofe of Man 

 in the Anteriour part 5 but in the inward parts before the Cerebellum, there 

 was hard.ly any : they in requital were much deeper in proportion. The Apo- 

 phyles, which are f^/Zet/ Mamil lares, which are great Nerves that do ferve 

 to the fmelling, were not foft, as in Man, but hard and membranous. The 

 Optick Nerves were alfo of a Subftance harder and firmer than ordinary. 

 l!he Glandula Pinealis was of a Conical figwe, and it' s point was turned to- 

 wards the hinder part of the Head. There was no Rete Mirabile : for the 

 Carotides being entered into the Brain, went by one fmgU Trunk^.on each fide 



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