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The malar bones arc narrow vertically, flattened anteriorly, and curve 

 abruptly backwards, which gives that marked prominence at the malar 

 point so well seen in the drawings by Mr. Forbes. The nasi-malar un^^le 

 of Ka 1 sknll is 143^ and of the other 140°. 



The alveolar index of the two skulls is very similar, being OG'l) in No. 1, 

 and 98-8 in No. 2. They are therefore on the border-land, figuratively 

 speaking, between orthognathons and meFognathous. 



The palato-maxillary index of No. 1 is 126, and of No. 2, ]20[, 

 measuring the length and breadth of this region according to Professor 

 Flower's plan. The palate is comparatively flat. The teeth are in good 

 condition, small in size, and little worn. In No. 1 the two upper incisors 

 have been lost during life. 



The relation of the breadth of the middle portion of the face, from tho 

 alveolar point to the nasion,to the bi-zygomatic breadth (the latter being 

 taken as 100), is as 52*5 and 53'9 to 100 in the two f^knlls respectively. 

 This is the mid-facial index of Kolmann, and shows a very close similarity 

 in the two skulls. 



The dilibrcnt measurements of the mandible show great similarity. 

 The chief point to be noted in this bone is the obtuseness of the symphesial 

 angle, which is 84° in the one, and 88° in the other skull, indicating a 

 much more vertical chin than obtains generally in Europeans. 



The pelvis not being articulated, J was unable to ascertain all the 

 measurements which should be taken, but I measured the transverse and 

 antero-posterior diameter of the brim, which are undoubtedly the most 

 important dimensions. The transverse diameter of the brim mca^^urcd 

 177 mm., and the antero-posterior diameter 122, which gives a pelvic 

 index (taking the transverse diameter as 100) of 101-3. The index of 

 forty-nine European female pelves, measured by Verneau and myself, 

 was'7y-0; w^hilo that of thirteen An-lamanese, measured by myself, was 

 90*2. The antero-posterior length in compariflon to the transverse 

 breadth of the brim in this Kubu woman's pelvis is extreme; indeed 1 

 have never tcon or measured a pelvis of so exaggerated a tyi)e, approacU- 

 in form nearly to that of the anthropomorphous apes. The great 

 antero-posterior length of this specimen is duo chiefly to the straightness 

 of the sacrum. It is extremely desirable that additional specimens 

 should be procured, so as to ascertain whether such a form of pelvis is 



normal in this race. 



The scapular index, or the ratio of the breadth of the scapula io tuo 

 length, the latter being taken as 100, is 72-95 in the Kubu, in the 

 Europeans (Flower and myself) 65*2, in Negroes (Broca) 68-16, and in 



Andamaneso (Flower) G9-8. 



The limb l>ones are slender; the index obtained by comparison of the 



upper and lower limbs with each other— the inter-membral index, or the 



. length of the humerus and radius ad<led together— compared witfi^ that 



of the femur and tibia (the latter being taken as lOO), is 70. Thjs index 



ing 



in Europeans measured by Professors Broca and Flower was found to t>e 

 G9-2 and 0973 respectively ; in Negroes Broca ascertained it to bo OS 27 ; 

 and in nineteen Andamanese Flower found it to be G8 3, . , v i 



This high index showsan approximation in thepronortions of the limhs 

 of the Kubus to those of the anthropoid ajx^s, and indicates that the 

 length of the upi>er limb is considerably greater in proportion than that 

 of the lower as compared io what obtains in Europeans. In the ^u-ro 

 and the Andamanese, on the other hand, the upper limb is proportion- 

 ately shorter than the lower. . .v /. 



The femoro-humeral index, or tlic ratio of the humerus to the femur, 

 the latter bcin^ taken as 100, is 752. In twenty Europeans measured 



