OUANG OTJTANG. 



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sists in the excessive length of the arms ; which in 

 this animal, descend below the knees, by the whole 

 length of the phalanges of the fingers, which are 

 above three inches in length. The same observa- 

 tion applies to almost every figure of this animal 

 which I have seen. The proportions in the work 

 of Camper, approach nearest to the present instance 

 in this particular. The hand differs from the hu- 

 man, in having the thumb by far the smallest of 

 the ringers. The foot is more properly a hand ap- 

 pended to a tarsus. The thumb of this extremity is 

 very long, powerful, and capable of great extension. 

 The legs are certainly furnished with calves ; but 

 they scarcely resemble the human in form, because 

 they are continued of equal thickness nearly to the 

 heel. When the animal is erect, the knees appear 

 considerably bent, as is the case with the other 

 simiae, and it stands with the limbs more apart than 

 man. 



Internal Structure. 



In the following observations, our intention is 

 rather to describe the peculiarities of the Orang 

 Outang, than to dwell on these circumstances in 

 which it accords with the human subject ; and ac-, 

 cording to the plan most commonly adopted by ana- 

 tomists, we shall commence with the bones, as the 

 basis of the body. 



