1-2 Art. VJI. — A. Mfitsumura : 



It seems extremely doubtful to me whether the Micronesians 

 are a Polynesian race, as has been said by so many authors. 

 Among the races of the world, the Polynesians are conspicuous 

 for their liigh stature and are mostly bracliy cephalic, as is evident 

 from past researches. The Caroline and Marshall Islanders, on the 

 contrary, are of middle stature, and dolichocephalic or mesocephalic, 

 and tlieir faces are naturally long. In other respects also, the 

 Micronesians differ from the Polynesians. I had opportunity to 

 observe these two races at one place and make a comparative 

 study of them. On Saipan, I compared a tribe of Kanakas who 

 had come from the Caroline Islands, and the Samoans, a sub-division 

 of the Polynesians, who had been banished to the island. I re- 

 cognized a great difference, which convinced me that it is proper 

 to distinguish the Micronesians from the Polynesians. 



Though the islands of the Caroline and Marshall groups are 

 all very small, they are many in number, extending over a vast 

 area in the Pacific. It is, therefore, inevitable that there should 

 be some difference between the natives of the various islands. 

 They may be divided into two different groups, i. e., the one re- 

 presenting the East Caroline Islands including Truk, Pc^napé, and 

 Kusaie, and the other the West Caroline Islands including Patau 

 and Yap. The first group is dolichocephalic and of middle stature, 

 while the second is mesoceplialic and of higher stature than the 

 first. The two groups differ not only in their physical characters, 

 but also in ethnographical respects. Of course, the Marshall Island- 

 ers differ more or less from the natives of the Caroline Islands. 

 But we include the former under the East Caroline group, for 

 the sake of convenience. 



It will be understood from their geographical position that 

 mixture of races is inevitable in these islands. For instance, two 



