The Anatomy of a T Y G M 1 E, °"~~°~75 



afunder 5 but otherwifc they are firmly knit together. This therefore 

 is no reafon, why they (hould not run faft ; and the contrary was ob- 

 ferved of the Pygmk that it did fo. 



The length of the Os Ilinm^ from it's Spine to it's Conjunftlon with 

 the Os Ifchium^ was three Inches 5 where 'twas broadefl, 'twas an Inch 

 and half ; where narrowefl:, but three quarters of an Inch. The Os 

 Ifchhtm was an Inch and tTiree quarters long j the Os Puhis was an Inch 

 long. 



f^J I did not obferye any difference in the Strudure of the Thrgh- 

 bom in our I^^^^ze from that in Man 5 nor was it's Artkdation or Infer- 

 tion of it's Head into the Ae?rf^«/««?, more oblique than in Man. So 

 that from this Articulation^ I faw no reafon why it (hould not walk up- 

 right and fit f our Pygmie did both : When I faw it, 'twas juft a little 

 before it's death 5 and tho' 'twas weak and feeble, it would fland, and go 

 upright. 



The length of the TJjjgh-hone in the Vygmie was five Inches : The girth 

 of it in the middle an Inch and three quarters^ where 'twas joined to the 

 Bones of the Leg^ 'twas an Inch and almoft an half broad. 



(c) The Neck of the Head of the Thigh-bone in our Pygmie was not 

 different in it's length, as I didobferve, from that of ^Man's^ but the 

 fame proportionably 5 as were likewife the two Apophyfes , called Tro- 

 chanteres. 



(d) The Patella in our Pygmie was not yet offified. As much as I 

 could difcover of it's fliape, it was the fame as ifi Man 5 round and not 

 long 5 and but one Bone, and not two, as Riolan defcribes it in the 

 Monkey. In the Sceletons of the Monkeys I ufed, thefe Bones were loft , 

 fo that I did not obferve them. ' 



(e) The two Bones in the Leg^ the Tibia, and the Fibula were juft 

 the fame in the Pygmie as in Man 5 and their Articulations were alike % 

 The Tibia was four Inches long 5 the Fibula wSs a little fhorter. The 

 girth of the Tibia in the middle was about an Inch 3 of the Fibula, about 

 half an Inch. 



Cf) What makes the foot of the Pygmie feem different from aMe^'s, 

 is chiefly the length of the Toes^ and the Structure of the great Toe. In 

 other refpeds, it has a great refemblance with it. For the Bones of the 

 Metatarfus here, feemed proportionably as long as in Man. The Os Cal- 

 ck^ Calcaneum or Heel-bone was not narrow, but broad 5 and forewards, 

 where 'twas joined to the Os Cuboide or Cubiforme^ not broader, nor lon- 

 ger, than behind 5 where it jats out fo far, as fuliiciently fecures it's 



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