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BODY AND LIMBS 



So far as could be determined without undressing the subjects, 

 96 per cent of them presented a body of medium development and 

 without marked abnormalities ; none were obese, but 4 per cent were 

 unusually thin, though not decrepit. No special differences were 

 observed in the various parts of the body from the normal or most 

 common type in whites. 



The hands and feet are generally fairly well formed and not 

 large. No anomaly of fingers came to notice. The fingers and toes 

 are not long. The toes were normal in 95 per cent, in 5 per cent of 

 the individuals they presented some peculiarities. 1 They were only 

 very rarely seen markedly separated, as they are frequently in the 

 Indian. In those who work and go bare-footed the toes are generally 

 thickened. 



CONCLUDING REMARKS ON NON-INSTRUMENTAL OBSERVATIONS 



The features of the Kharga natives are in general much like those 

 of the fellaheen of the Valley who do not show an admixture with 

 the negro. Nevertheless the physiognomy of the Oasis men seems 

 somewhat distinctive. .They could be easily told from the often finely 

 shaped Berberine or Barabra of upper Egypt, and the student comes 

 to believe that he could recognize them even from the natives of the 

 neighboring parts of the valley ; but the differences would not be 

 easy to define. The Egyptians of the Valley, however, present a 

 larger number of individuals of a decidedly Semitic type of face. 

 Beyond the Valley, the physiognomy of the Oasis people is close to 

 that of the Arab and the north African non-negro native in general. 



The various characteristics of the head, face, and body, barring 

 the color, when closely scrutinized, are found to be closely related to 

 those of the white race and to have nothing in common with what is 

 distinctive of the negro. 



8. MEASUREMENTS 

 STATURE 



The height of the Kharga Oasis men is unusually small, averaging 

 barely 163.8 cm. (5 ft. 4^ in.). The exact conditions were as 

 follows : 



1 The principal anomalies were as follows : (a) The 4th and 5th left toes, 

 especially the latter, turned outward and downward; (b) the 5th left toe is di- 

 minutive; and (c) the great toe shows a small toe-like (nailless) growth on 

 its inner side and near the end. 



