. Anthropoid apes. Apes. 88 ANTHEOPOID APES. fingers, especially their tips; the nails are small and imperfect; the feet are broad, and covered both on their backs and soles with a thick skin. This tribe seems to worship nature. They have no fixed dwellings; they live chiefly on roots and honey, and exchange the latter, together with wax and other productions of their forests, for tobacco, clothes, and rice." * Nothing more, so far as I am aware, has been published concerning this race. The description given above leaves much to be desired. The asser- tion respecting the contracted finger
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. Anthropoid apes. Apes. 88 ANTHEOPOID APES. fingers, especially their tips; the nails are small and imperfect; the feet are broad, and covered both on their backs and soles with a thick skin. This tribe seems to worship nature. They have no fixed dwellings; they live chiefly on roots and honey, and exchange the latter, together with wax and other productions of their forests, for tobacco, clothes, and rice." * Nothing more, so far as I am aware, has been published concerning this race. The description given above leaves much to be desired. The asser- tion respecting the contracted fingers is obscure, and such a condition is directly opposed to any resemblance with the flexible hand of apes. Let us turn from a tribe of which the existence is still dubious, to consider the portraits we subjoin. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Hartmann, Robert, 1832-1893. New York, D. Appleton and Co.