﻿872 
  FORTY-SEVENTU 
  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  behind 
  the 
  tibia, 
  around 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  ankle 
  to 
  the 
  scaphoid, 
  lying- 
  

   just 
  behind 
  the 
  internal 
  cuneiform, 
  and 
  giving 
  off 
  branches 
  to 
  the 
  

   other 
  ankle 
  bones. 
  

  

  Note— 
  The 
  method 
  of 
  climbing 
  here 
  assumed 
  is 
  somewhat 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  linemen 
  of 
  

   telegraph 
  and 
  telephone 
  companies, 
  although 
  with 
  the 
  latter 
  the 
  " 
  climbers 
  " 
  relieve 
  much 
  of 
  

   qhe 
  muscular 
  strain. 
  Since 
  this 
  paper 
  was 
  read 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  an 
  opportunity 
  of 
  interviewing 
  two 
  

   Western 
  Union 
  linemen 
  of 
  six 
  to 
  eight 
  years 
  1 
  experience. 
  One 
  of 
  them 
  located 
  the 
  particular 
  

   " 
  tire 
  " 
  directly 
  across 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  tibial 
  muscles; 
  the 
  other 
  across 
  these, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  

   the 
  back 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  calf 
  " 
  of 
  the 
  leg. 
  

  

  h. 
  Perforation 
  of 
  humerus. 
  — 
  This 
  character 
  is 
  of 
  very 
  frequent, 
  

   although 
  not 
  constant, 
  occurrence 
  in 
  the 
  gorilla, 
  chimpanzee 
  and 
  

   orang. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  common 
  occurrence 
  in 
  the 
  old 
  world 
  monkey, 
  

   but 
  rarer 
  in 
  the 
  new. 
  It 
  is 
  well 
  night 
  constant 
  in 
  dogs, 
  wolves 
  

   and 
  hyenas, 
  but 
  amongst 
  the 
  ruminants 
  is 
  present 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  

   prong-horn 
  antelope. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  constant 
  in 
  the 
  wild 
  hog, 
  

   but 
  only 
  occasionally 
  present 
  in 
  the 
  domesticated 
  animal. 
  It 
  

   occurs 
  uniformly 
  in 
  hares 
  and 
  hedge-hogs, 
  but 
  is 
  rare 
  in 
  rats 
  and 
  

   squirrels.* 
  The 
  perforation 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  observed 
  outside 
  of 
  

   the 
  mammalia. 
  By 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  given 
  the 
  subject 
  most 
  

   attention 
  it 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  direct 
  impact 
  of 
  the 
  

   olecranon 
  process 
  of 
  the 
  ulna, 
  in 
  the 
  forcible 
  straightening 
  of 
  the 
  

   limb. 
  This 
  seems 
  especially 
  true 
  in 
  the 
  dog, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  process 
  

   extends 
  into 
  the 
  opening 
  when 
  the 
  limb 
  is 
  extended. 
  Habits, 
  

   which 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  satisfactorily 
  explain 
  its 
  presence, 
  are 
  known 
  

   in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  most 
  animals, 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  occurs. 
  The 
  arboreal 
  

   habit 
  of 
  apes 
  and 
  monkeys 
  would 
  seemingly 
  lead 
  to 
  a 
  sufficiently 
  

   forcible 
  arm 
  extension, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  world 
  

   monkeys, 
  with 
  their 
  prehensile 
  tails, 
  in 
  which 
  forms 
  we 
  may 
  

   suppose 
  that 
  the 
  strain 
  is 
  less 
  continuous 
  and 
  severe. 
  An 
  

   arboreal 
  habit 
  in 
  primitive 
  man 
  would, 
  without 
  doubt, 
  lead 
  to 
  a 
  

   similiar 
  modification 
  of 
  the 
  humerus, 
  and 
  its 
  absence 
  would 
  be 
  

   much 
  more 
  difficult 
  to 
  explain 
  than 
  its 
  presence. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  

   it 
  occurs 
  rarely 
  in 
  the 
  young 
  is 
  not 
  proof 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  acquired 
  

   separately 
  by 
  each 
  individual. 
  The 
  more 
  frequent 
  occurrence 
  of 
  

   the 
  perforation 
  upon 
  the 
  left 
  side 
  seems 
  scarcely 
  to 
  admit 
  of 
  

   explanation 
  upon 
  any 
  hypothesis. 
  It 
  occurs 
  to 
  me, 
  however, 
  

   that 
  if 
  man, 
  as 
  he 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  constituted, 
  were 
  compelled 
  to 
  

   acquire 
  this 
  arboreal 
  habit, 
  the 
  right 
  hand 
  would 
  be 
  frequently 
  

  

  * 
  Dr. 
  D. 
  S. 
  Lamb 
  in 
  The 
  American 
  Anthropologist. 
  Vol. 
  Ill, 
  1890, 
  p. 
  159. 
  

  

  