66 Orang'^Outang five Homo Syhefiris : Or, 



would not be tedious : And for the fame reafon, do not here particu- 

 larly defcribe each Bone in the Head and Jaws of our Vygmie ; for where 

 I do not remark otherwife, 'tis to be underftood, that all thofe Parts are 

 the fame in a Mafz, our Pygme and the Afe-kjnd. 



(r) There was nothing particular that I obferved in the Os Hyojdes of 

 our Pygmie that was different from that of a Mans. 



Cap. III. 



T>e Spina &" Ofjibtis (s" Adnexis^ 



SI M I ^ (a) Cervix brevis eJ?, feptem vertebris extrnSta , corpora verr- 

 tebrarum anterior I parte non ftint rotunda, tit honi'mi, fed plana. PoJikiC 

 apophyfes jpmof£ nonftmtlongte^ ^ bifida^ fed breves^ Jimplices^ ^ acitt£. 

 In prima (b) vertebra^ niiUum (pina veftigium apparet, ima nulla fentitur 

 aJperitaSj in anterior e parte corporis prima vertebra humana obtufa quadam 

 eminentia apparet^ qua in (imia tnagk extuberat^ d^ in mucronem prodiicitur. 

 ^wd Ji vertebras d^ Jpinas breves habet fimia ^ (c ) apophyfes tranfverfas 

 obtinuit longioresj atque ad anterior a magis., quamin homine rejiexas. Im- 

 primis vera fexta colli vertebra, qua hunc procejfumpra cateris injignem ad- 

 epta e!i, eumque bifidum., magifque recurvum ® aduncum^ quam in aliis 

 vertebris. Hie autem jj^ondylusfextus maximus eff, propter illas tranfverfas 

 apophyfes grandiores^ in fimia caiidata minor e^. Septimi jpondyli iranf- 

 verfa apophyfes fimplices © tenues., in caudata ftmia bifida, & fatis longa 

 exijiunt, qua licet in homine fimplices appareant ^ fexto tamen crajjltie non 

 cedunt. 



(d) Prima fimia vertebra adfinem procejfus tranfuerfi afcendentk utrim- 

 que foramen habet ^ ad nervum tranfmittendum^ quo humana caret vertebra,^ 

 feptima colli vertebra in homine fapius eB perforata : ZJnde evenit, quod 

 tranfberfi procejfus hujus vertebra non funt fi miles apophyfihus tranverfis col- 

 li^ fed potius thoracis apophyfibus tranfverfis ajfimilantur. ( e ) Vertebra- 

 rum dorii corpora parum ab humanis differ nnt, neque apophyfes multum dif- 

 fimiles flinty exccptis re&is ultimarum duarum vertebr arum, qua relliores funt 

 in fimiis\,paHlkm deorfum inclinat inhominihm. In^i^ poflremis vertebris 

 dorfi reperiuntur quatuor inferna apophyfes articuli gratia conftru&iB. In 

 humanis vertebris du<s tanthm notantur, quas etiam in lumborum vertebris 

 obfervabis. (g) In fimia decima dorfi vertebra^ injra fuprave fufcipitur^ at 

 in homine eU dnodecima. 



(h) Lumbi.^ 



