The Anatomy of a TYG MI E. 77 



Cap. 

 De Sefamoideis, 



IN Homine Ofia Sefamoidea pauca fuftt, magnaque ex parte cartilagmo- 

 fa^ ^ pea. qH£ pollki applicaatur exceperk^ in conjianti fede firmata. 

 InjimU verb mnltA^ atqne magna, occurrunt, & ojfea perpetuo ftmt. ^ Cmqxe 

 prima quattior digitartim mternodio, & fecunio poUick gemina fere femper 

 adne^unUtr. Duo ojjicula magnitudine cicerk, fnpra utrumque tuberadum 

 femork in origine gtmeUorum reperiuntur. 



hs, to the Offa Sefamoidea in our SubjeftJ have very little to fay ; For 

 it being young, very likely they might be only CartHaginot^ ^ and the' 

 Skin adhering fo firmly here, they might be taken off with it. Since 

 they are in Apes., I do not doubt, but that they were in our ?ygmie too, 

 tho' I did not obferve them. 



Having now made my Remarks upon the Comparifon^ that Riolan., or" 

 rather Ettfiachtus and Cotter, have given us, between the Sceleton of a 

 Man., an Ape., and a Monhgy ; and {hewn wherein the Sceleton of our Fy^- 

 mie either agreed or difagreed from any of them , I thai 1 make fome R e- 

 fieftions upon the wholes and more particularly upon fome Parts, 

 which deferve here a more diftind Confideration. But (hall firft of all 

 take the Dimenfions of the Sceleton^ and of fome other Parts I have not 

 mentioned already. 



As from the top of the Crammi to the Extream of the Heel in a ftrait 

 Line, the Sceleton of the Pj/gmie meafured about two Foot ^ from the 

 firft Vertebra of the Neck, to the laft of the Os Coccygk , eleven Inches 5 

 from the head of the Shoulder-bone, to the end of the middle Finger ^ 

 'twas about fifteen Inches; the end of this Finger reaching in an ereft 

 Pofture an Inch and half below the Patella : whereas in an Humane Sce- 

 leton, from the end of the middle Finger to the lower part of the Patel- 

 la, it wanted five Inches and an half % Our Pygmie therefore herein imi- 

 tated the Ape'kjnd. From the head of the Thigfj-bom, to the bottom of = 

 the Os Calck'm the Pygmie, was about ten Inches. From the fetting on 

 of the firft Rib, to the faftening on of the laft, was four Inches. The- 

 diftance between the laft Rib, and the%*«e of the Oj-I/7««^, not full two- 

 Inches. From the Spine of the Os Ilium, to the bottom of the Os Pubk^ 

 in a ftrait Line, was four Inches and three quarters. The diftance be- 

 tween the end of the Scapula, and Spine of the Os Ilium about three 

 inches," 



m 



