My reason for now reproducing the plate is that it offers an important item of evidence in reference to the development of short-limbed dwarfs.

Although we must not place too much reliance on the accuracy of the draughtsman, since he has figured some superfluous lumbar vertebrae, yet there can be no doubt that the limbs are much too short for the trunk and head.

This remark especially applies to the lower limbs and pelvis.

These are exactly like those of the Norwich dwarf and of the skeleton in the Heidelberg Museum which I described in a recent number of the 'Archives.' The point of extreme interest in the present case is that this dwarfing of the limbs is associated with polydactylism.

Both the hands have seven digits.