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yui, aX\' 077 (j^Siv aZ-ryic, i^^n^ofjiAV, ^m ipccTi, jy X^^'' "^^^^j S,7mv1ce. ttx. 

 ToiMTtt -yfyovivauj. \. e. Vos^ per Deos immortaks^ cum nihil habeatk^ quod- 

 in tot Infertionibjfs reprehendatJ^, neqite Tendonum mokm, neque locum^ ne- 

 que Jnfertionis modum, fed in his omnibus mirabikm qnandam Proportionem 

 videatis^ una folk in uiroque magna digito fimilithr perdita (& hoc nonjlne 

 rations^ quod et nan egebamm) temere dicitk © ahfque Arte omnia, hujuf 

 modi facta fiu^e. 



The Bones of the Metacarpm in the Pygmie were an Inch and three 

 quarters long. The two laft Joints of the Thumb were fcarce an Inch 

 long 5 the firft Joint of the Thumb was a little above an Inch. The 

 Forefinger was two Inches and almoft an half : The middle Finger^ two 

 Inches and three quarters. The third or Ring-finger was two Inches 

 and half a quarter 5 and the little Finger was not full two Inches long. 

 The firft Joint of the fore and middle Finger was above a quarter oi an 

 Inch broad, and the Girth ot each about was an Inch. The Pygmie 

 therefore in the i^i«'_gerj,having them fo large and thick, imitated a Man 5 

 hut in the Thumb, which was fo flender and fraall, it referabled the 

 Ape-I^nd» 



Cap. 

 !D^ Artuhus Inferiorihm, 



OS S A (a) Ilium in utraque Jimia, tarn caudataquam non caudata^iotBi 

 habitu^ (&• figura dijlant ab humanis : dehifcunt enim eo in loco, ubl 

 pubis Offa effe debebant, atque omnino privantur Ojfe pubis : propterea ad ve^ 

 lociter currendum ineptafunt. Ifchij articulm plane dijjimilis ef/ ab illo homi- 

 •nis, Ht notavit Galenus, 



(b) BaetiY^moxxs^mdimzinftmia, ut e&mfiarere&amnonpermittat^ 

 nee inflar homink corpus fuum erigere, aut incedere, ne quidem federe, quia, 

 femoris caput obliquius in articulo coxa^ committitut\ (c) In homine cervix 

 rotundi capitis femoris oblonga e!i , ^ fenjtm oblique deorfum ducitur. Ik 

 fmia vero brevis, & propemodum tranfverfa vijitur. Sed femoris ctrvice, 

 apophyfes du£, trochanteres di&a^ in fimia Jimiles funt humanis , verum in 

 iJIa, nt in caudata minoresc 



(d) Patella utriufque Jtmia manifeftum dif crimen ah human a demonprati 

 e^enim oblonga, ten rotunda. Suamvis autem extrinfecus gibbapt, atqtie 

 intUi cava^ nihiUmmus longe aliter fe hubet qmm in homine, Namfecun- 



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