322 
ORANG-OUTANG. 
The orang-outang of Borneo is utterly incapable of walking in 
a perfectly erect posture. He betrays this in his whole exterior 
conformation, and never wilfully attempts to counteract its tendency. 
181/- 1318. 
Inches. Inches. 
Height. Measured from the vertex to the bottom of the heel .. 
Span. Of the arms 
Head. From between the eyebrows to the junction of the 
head with the neck 
From the tip of one ear to that of another 
Circumference immediately above the ears 
■ round the chin, close to the neck and 
over the vertex 
From ear to ear, across the forehead 
From the lower margin of the ear to the middle of 
the lower margin of the chin 
Facial angle, 57° 
Body. Circumference round the shoulders 
Under the arm-pits 
Round the most projecting part when sitting 
when standing with the arms raised above 
the head 
Round the hips 
Distance between the nipples 
Length, from top of the sternum to the pubis 
of the back, from setting on of the head to 
the end of the os coccygis 
Arms. Length from the armpit to theendof the middlefinger 
of the upper arm 
fore arm 
Circumference of the shoulder 
middle of upper arm 
fore arm 
Hands. Length from the wrist to the middle finger 
of the palm 
of middle finger, measured from the knuckle 
of thumb 
Circumference of the palm 
Legs. Length from groin to the instep 
to the knee 
from knee to the sole of the foot 
Greatest circumference of the thigh 
— leg 
Feet. Length from heel to the end of middle toe 
Circumference close to the great toe 
Length of great toe 
28 
7 
7 
14*3 
6-3 
11*5 
7-5 
1 
31-5 
55*5 
7-5 
7-2 
15 
32 
8 
30 
25 
28 
24 
9 
8 
13-5 
16 
25 
9 
10 
10*2 
8-2 
9 
6*7 
3*9 
4*3 
1*5 
7 
13 
6- 5 
7- 4 
12 
8 
8- 5 
7 
1*2 
