REPORT UPON PHYSICAL CHARACTERS OF NILOTIC NEGROID TRIBES 
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but that it is slightly larger in width between the tubercles on the outer margin of the crest 
of the ilium. 
Hands and feet. The length of the hands (four fingers) does not vary to any marked 
degree in the tribes, usually measuring from 99-106 mm. In the Bunins, however, there 
is a noticeable difference, and the length on the average reaches as high as 112 mm. 
The breadth of the hand similarly ranges in the great majority of tribes from 
85-91 mm., the breadth in the Buruns being only 86 mm. But in this respect also one 
tribe—the Nuers—stands out from the others, and the average hand width is only 79-4 mm. 
The same tribe shows a difference also in the length of the foot, for among them the 
average length is 241-4 mm., while in the other tribes the average ranges from 255-262 mm. 
The breadth of the foot in the Fertits and Furs is unusually small, 93 and 95-8 mm., 
but the number of individuals measured is not sufficiently large for this character to be 
definitely laid down as being peculiar to them and distinctive. 
In the other tribes the breadth ranges from 97-107 mm. 
The latter figure is exceptionally large and is found in the Nyam-nyams. 
C. M Wekton 
Fig. 148. View of Bor, Jebel River 
