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As to comparative data, we have especially the measurements of 

 Chantre and Myers on the Egyptians and Nubians, and those of 

 Collignon on the Tunisians and various other more western North 

 Africans. Chantre's records are, regrettably, of only limited use, as 

 his measurements of the height of the nose, due to some peculiarity 

 of his method, are too low and his nasal indices result correspond- 

 ingly high. Nevertheless they show a fairly close relation of the 

 nasal index in the several Egyptian and Nubian (Bedjah) groups 

 that were examined. Myers' observations, though applying to a 

 more heterogeneous material than that of Kharga and one com- 

 posed of only young men, give results that show a close accordance 

 with those from the Oasis. The mean nasal index of 349 Mahom- 

 medan soldiers is 75.83 and that of 42 Copts 75-8. The index aug- 

 ments from north to south, ranging from 73.4 in the district of 

 Dakahlia to 78.1 at Assiut (in the same latitude as Kharga) and to 

 78.9 in that of Kena. An abstract of Collignon data and those he 

 quotes, are as follows : 



NASAL INDEX IN THE LIVING NON-NEGROID PEOPLES OF NORTH AFRICA 



(After Collignon 1 ) 



23 Tunisian Arabs (Collignon) 65.2 



184 Kabyls (Prengruber) . . . . : 66.5 



120 Tunisians, Berber race II, (Col.) 69.8 



33 Algerians, divers (Col.) 69.9 



1334 Tunisians (Col.) 70.2 



40 Tunisians, Berber race IV of Ellez (Col.) 72.0 



50 Tunisians brachiocephalic Berber race, I (Col.) 72.5 



6 Moroccans (Col.) 743 



— Berbers of Touggourt (Rouaras. Weissgerber) 75.0 



1 13 Tunisians, Berber race III, of Dj erid ( Col. ) 76.6 



In whites (French, Mediterranean, Finns, Galtchas), as quoted 

 by Collignon, the mean nasal index ranges from 63 to 69.4, in 

 Negroes, African and Oceanic, from 87.9 to 108.9. These data are 

 not very extended, but suffice to show the position in respect to the 

 nasal index of the Kharga Egyptians. 



The range of variation of the nasal index in the Kharga men is 

 large, reaching 38.4 points, which amounts to 0.25 for each unit of 

 the average. 



1 Collignon, R. : La nomenclature quinaire de l'indice nasal du vivant, Rev. 

 d'anthropol, 3 me ser., II, 1887, pp. 8-20. 



