2G4 A NATURALIST'S WANDERINGS 



by Broca and Flower it is 72*45, in sixteen Negroes (Broca) G9'79, and in 

 nineteen Andamancse (Flower) 69'8. In tliis index also the variation 

 in the Knbus from the Europeans is in an opposite direction to that of 

 the Negroes and the Andamanese. v 



Tlie femoro- tibial index, or the ratio of the tibia to the femur, the 

 latter being taken as 100, is 80*7 in the Kubu, 82-1 in the European 

 (Flower), 84*7 in the Negro ( Uumphrey), and 84'5 in the Andamanese 

 (Flower). 



The humcro-radial index, or the length of the radius compared to the 

 hnmcrus, the latter being taken as lUO, is 74-1, in European^; (Broca and 

 Flower) 73'9, in Negroes (Broca) 794, and in Andamanese (Flower) 81'0. 



Relations of the Kiihus to other Races. 



I have already said that on comparing the t^vo skulls side by side, one 

 is struck with the close resemblance they bear to one another. Tliere is 

 quite as close a resemblance between these two skulls as exists between 

 Andamanese skulls. Such a condition occurring in a sufficiently large scrie^^ 

 would indicate purity of race, or at least isolation for a long period of 

 years. Unfortunately the number of Kubu skulls before us is not 

 sufficiently large to justify very definite statements regarding them, 

 though I think sufficient to answer one question which presents itself 

 to us for solution: namely, as to what race the Kubus are allied — whether 

 tliey ^possess Negrito or Malayan affinities. The character of the hair, 

 the form of the nose, the A^arious characters of the skull, and the pro- 

 portion of the limb bones show tliat they cannot haye any near affinity 

 to tlie Negrito race found in various parts of the Indo-Malayan Archi- 

 pelago, but that they are decidedly Malays, and therefore Mongoloid. 

 The high nasi-malar angle, the high and broad face, the flat forehead 

 owing to absence of all glabellar and superciliary ridges, the slight sub- 

 glabellar nasal depressions, and the nomadic life they lead, are all highly 

 characteristic of the Mongolian race. 



The frizzle in the hair seen in the drawings by Mr. Forbes is probably 

 to be accounted for by their having at some remote period intermingled 

 slightly with the Negrito people, possibly during their migration 

 southward. There is, however, evidence that they have for a long period 

 been isolated from the other surronnding inhabitants of the island, and 

 that by absence of infusion of fresh blood they have come to resemble one 

 another so closely that they now possess certain definite characteristics of 

 a more or less stable nature. It is, however, very desirable that these 

 observations should be extended by a study of a larger quantity of 

 material from which to gather information than has been at my disposal. 

 In the meantime we have to thank Mr. Forbes for the trouble he has been 

 at to secure what must bo considered a very valuable addition to our 

 specimens illustrating the osteology of the Indo-Malayan Archipelago. 



[From the Journal of the Anthropological Institute for November, 

 1884.1 



