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there is a genus {IndHs) which agrees with Homo and 
Troglodytes in having but eighi bones to the wrist. One 
of these wrist-bones {the pisiforme) is much smaller relatively 
in man and in the Orang than in almost any other species of 
A. Hallux ; B. Fibula ; c. Clavicle ; f. Femur ; h. Humerus ; i. Ischium ; l . Haunch- 
bone or Hium ; o. Pollex ; p. Pubis ; r. Eadius ; t. Tibia ; u. Ulna. 
the order. Strange to say, however, we find in the little slender 
Lemur {Loris) an approximation in this respect to man much 
beyond that exhibited by the Grorilla. 
The thumb, as to its relative length, taking again the back- 
