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eyelids are fringed with lashes, and the lower ones are saccular 
and wrinkled. The nose is confluent with the face, except at the 
nostrils, which are but little elevated : their openings are narrow and 
oblique. The mouth is very projecting, and of a roundish mammil- 
lary form. Its opening is large, but when closed is marked by little 
more than a narrow seam. The lips are very narrow, and scarcely 
perceptible when the mouth is shut. The chin projects less than the 
mouth : below it, a pendulous membrane gives the appearance of 
a double chin, and swells out when the animal is angry or much 
pleased. Each of the jaws contains twelve teeth, namely, four in- 
cisive teeth, the two middle ones of the upper jaw being twice the 
width of the lateral ; two canine, and six double teeth. The ears 
are small, closely resemble the human ear, and have their lower 
margins in the same line with the external angles of the eyes. 
The chest is wide compared with the pelvis : the belly is very 
protuberant. The arms are long in proportion to the height of the 
animal, their span measuring full four feet seven inches and a half. 
The legs are short compared with the arms. 
The hands are long, compared with their width, and with the 
human hand. The fingers are small and tapering : the thumb is 
very short, scarcely reaching the first joint of the fore finger. All 
the fingers have very perfect nails of a blackish colour and oval 
form, and exactly terminating with the extremities of the fingers. 
The feet are long, resemble hands in the palms, and in having 
fingers rather than toes, but have heels resembling the human. The 
great toes are very short, are set on at right angles to the feet 
close to the heel, and are entirely without nails.* 
* In the month of September, 1817, I took the dimensions of some of the parts of this 
animal, but under circumstances in which I could not make them very numerous. 
I have thought it proper to exhibit them, in conjunction with others taken on the 28th of 
May, 1818 : — 
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