1867.] 335 



[Bickmoro. 



After those questions I took the following measurements of the 

 interpreter, his com])anion, and two of a man seen at Mori. 



Interpreter. Companion. Man at Mori. 



Heijrht 5 ft. 1% in. 5 ft. 2 in. 



Aroiuid tlic head liorizontally above 



the eyebrows 1 " \0% " 1 " 10 " 



Around tlie cliest immediately beneatli 



tbc armb 2 " 10 " 2 " lO^i " 2 ft. lOI^ in. 



Around the abdomen at the navel . 2 " 1}^ " 2 '• Q}^ " 



Length of the arm to the end of the 



middle linger 2 " 2i< " 2 " 4?i " 2 " IX " 



Around tlie arm at the largest part, . lOV " IOJ4 " 



'■ " fore arm 10}^ " 10?,; " 



" leg at the calf, .... 12>^ '• 1 " 13^ " 



Length of the foot 9}4 " 9% " 



Ai'ound the foot at the instep, verti- 

 cally 10 's " lO " 



These measurements were made from men of medium size. They 

 show, therefore, that although the Ainos are stout and strong, they are 

 hardly taller than the Japanese, and not near as tall as the average 

 of the people in the north of China. The relative size of the hands 

 and feet to the rest of the body seems to vary considerably. I saw 

 no lame persons and but one man Avho complained of being ill, thousrh 

 several had evidently reached an advanced age. 



Their chief peculiarity is the great development of their hair, not 

 only on the head and face, but over the whole body. Their eyebrows 

 and eyelashes are very thick, and like their beards and hair, always of 

 a jet black, till past middle life, when, as with us, they change to gray 

 and in extreme old age to white. Their hair appears coarse compared 

 witii ours or with that of the Japanese. They wear it long — down 

 to the shoulders. The men wear theirs as long, or longer than is the 

 custom with their women. Their eyelids are horizontal and open 

 widely, as in the Indo-European races, and are not oblique as in the 

 Mongols, Manchus, Chinese, Japanese, and also the Coreans, all of 

 which peoples it has been my privilege to see in large numbers. 

 Their eyes are bright and sparkling and always black. The fine 

 development of their chests, with their full, heavy beards, gives them 

 the appearance of noble and hardy men as compared with their eflTem- 

 inate Ja2)anese rulers. They seem to be endowed with great vitality, 

 and the fact that they so successfully resisted the repeated attacks 

 of a more enlightened race for eighteen hundred years, sufficiently 

 proves their daring and perseverance. 



The dress of the men consists of a strip of cloth covering the loins 

 in the same way as is customary among coolies in the East. In sum- 

 mer this is their only clothing, but in Avinter they wear long, loose 

 coats, or dressing-gowns, Avoven from strings of bark. This is folded 



