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tions and deductions of Dr. Hoy. The punctures made by the Sphy- 

 rapicus are usually arranged in several rows around the tree, and are 

 so numerous as often to girdle the tree, and, especially in tender 

 kinds, destroy its vitality. The damage done to young trees in and 

 about Milivaukie and Racine is very considerable. The trees punc- 

 tured aj-e the maple, mountain ash, pine, spruce, pear, apple, cherry, 

 ironwood, basswood, silver poplar, and perhaps others. While Dr. 

 Hoy advises the destruction of this bird, he pleads as earnestly as Mr. 

 Samuels can for the protection of the Picus villosus, and all other 

 harmless creatures. 



The President gave an account of the dissection of a Hot- 

 tentot, who recently committed suicide in this city. 



The subject was a young and healthy adult, who came to his death 

 by suicide. The chest was well formed and prominent, the shoulders 

 were well made but not broad, the loins very hollow, the hips nar- 

 row, the thighs full and feminine, and the calves slender. There 

 was no beard, no hair in the axillas or on the pubes. The ears were 

 well formed, but the lobule was quite small. The web between the 

 fingers was more extensive than usual, and gradually increased in 

 breadth from the index to the little finger, where it reached as far as 

 the joint between the first and second phalanx. 



Height of the body - - - - _ 



Spread of arms from tip to tip of middle finger 



From top of head to top of trochanter - 



From top of trochanter to sole of foot - 



Breadth of shoulders - - - - - 



Breadth of waist - - _ _ _ 



Breadth of hips through trochanters - 



Length of arm from acromion - - _ 



Length of thigh from trochanter 



Length of leg from top of tibia to sole - 



Length of hand ----_- 



Length of foot ------ 



From a comparison of the above measurements it will be seen, that 

 while the height of the body and the spread of the arms are almost 

 exactly equal, and thus conform to the standard of a well-propor- 

 tioned man, the legs are disproportionately long. The tops of the 

 trochanters, instead of being in the middle of the whole height, are 

 five and a half inches above it. 



The brain weighed 3 lbs. 2 oz. av., which is about the average 

 weight of a European brain. There are no weights of the brains of 

 Hottentots given in the tables of the comparative weight of the 

 human brain. Dr. Morton gives the measm-ements of the three Hot- 



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