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DR. WALTER KIDD ON THE 



[June 17, 



abdomen with that which passes forwards from the inguinal 

 region ; and such hereditary tufts are most difficult to account for, 

 except on the supposition that the slowly-growing ti'unk-strea,m 

 is opposed and interrupted by the reverse action of the flexed 

 hind-limbs in the recumbent position, pressing against the flank. 



(4) The Gluteal region is the only one where the posture of sitting- 

 is indicated in the arrangement of haii- (text-fig. 29). It is obviovis 



Text-fig-. 29. 



Dog, showing the whorl (A) on the gluteal region and hair-streams on the 

 extensor aspect of the thigh. 



that, except for pressure on the digits of the fore-feet and on the 

 metatarsal bones, there is no point of contact of the body with 

 the ground, except the tubera ischii. Here is the very spot in 

 animals, accustomed much to the sitting posture, where a whorl 

 lies exactly over the tuber ischii of each side ; and it is a breach of 



