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is relatively very short. The original color, however, of the 

 hands, arms and feet is somewhat uncertain, in consequence 

 of the effect of the spirit in which they have been preserved. 



Description of the skin of the animal. 



The skin itself is of a dark, leaden color. The hair is of 

 a brownish red, but when observed at some distance, has a 

 dull, and, in some places, an almost black appearance, but 

 in a strong light, it is of a light red. It is in all parts very 

 long ; on the fore arm it is directed upwards. On the upper 

 arm its general direction is downwards, but, from its length, 

 it hangs shaggy below the arm. From the shoulders, it 

 hangs in long and large massy tufts, which, in continuation 

 with the long hair on the back, seems to form a continuous 

 mass to the very centre of the body. About the flanks the 

 hair is equally long, and, in the living animal, must have de- 

 scended below the thighs and nates. On the limits however 

 of the lateral termination of skin, which must have covered 

 the chest and belly, it is scanty and gives the impression that 

 these parts must have been comparatively bare. Round the 

 upper part of the back, it is also much thinner than else- 

 where, and small tufts at the junction of the skin with the 

 neck, are curled abruptly upwards, corresponding with the 

 direction of the hair at the back of the head. 



2. Observations on the temperature of Man, and other 

 Animals. — By John Davy, M. D. F. R. S. 



The conclusions to which Dr. Davy arrives after his nu- 

 merous experiments are, " That the temperature of man in- 

 creases after passing from a cold, or even temperate climate 

 into one that is warm, — that the temperature of the inhabit- 

 ants of warm climates is permanently higher than the tem- 

 perature of those of mild, — and that the temperature of dif- 

 ferent races of mankind, ca^tcris paribus, is very much, in- 

 fluenced by the climate ; these are conclusions which the 

 preceding observations on man may seem to warrant. 



The first conclusion, I am aware is not novel ; but I do 

 not know that it was ever drawn before, excepting from very 

 scanty data. 



The second conclusion, though conformable with the 

 first, is I believe, new ; indeed it is contrary to a received 

 opinion that the temperature of man in warm cHmates, is 



