256 THE QURAN OUTANG. 
the mouth is shut. The chin projects less 
than the mouth : below it a pendulous meffi' 
brane gives the appearance of a double chin, 
and swells out when the animal is angry of 
much pleased. Each of the jaws contains 
twelve teeth, namely, four incisive 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 ex- 
ternal angles of the eyes. 
The chest is wide, and the belly is very 
protuberant. The arms are long in propor- 
tion to the height of the animal, and the 
legs short compared with the arms. The 
hands are long, the fingers small and taper- 
ing ; the thumb is very short, scarcely reach- 
ing the first joint of the fore-finger. All the 
fingers have very perfect nails of a blackish 
colour and oval form, and exactly terminating 
