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EXTERNAL FORM OF THE MAN-LIKE APES.
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and twenty to two hundred and thirty-five millimetres in length. In other individuals they were, however, much shorter—twenty, forty, or sixty millimetres long. There is often a natural parting of the hair of the head, which falls asunder on either side. In some eases there is no parting, and the hair streams wildly down; and in others, again, it stands upright, stiffening from the sides and top of the head in a demoniacal manner (Figs, 7 and 9). A beard frequently encircles the

Fig. 9.—Adult Male Orang-Outang.

checks and chin. The hair grows upward and outward on the neck and fore part of the throat, on the shoulders, back, breast, belly, upper arms, and thighs, while it takes the opposite direction on the forearm. On the wrist the hair grows in the manner described in the case of the gorilla. There is only a scanty growth of hair on the breast and belly,