154 REVISTA CHILENA DE HISTORIA NATURAL 
PAPAL AI ee 
Owing to the results of some early observations it was gene- 
rally supposed that the Esquimaux was the most dolichocephalic 
of existing races. Modern research has somewhat modified this 
idea, and is now admitted that, although skulls with an index of 
72 and less are common, the average must be placed considerably 
higher. 
21 Esquimaux of Greenland ......... 71.7 (Broca) 
14 " " " E AS (Davis) 
6 " « Hudsons’ Bay...::./.. 75.1 " 
6 " Behring Strait....... 75.8 " 
35 " " Hudsons’ Bay......... 77.2 (Tocher) 
5 " Abra dor ds deso 74.1 (Virchow) 
27 " " Tigh oe Sp hae RA 77. (Deniker) 
614 " Greenland. Lcd 76.8 " 
2 " E A: 74.8 " 
22 í " Greenland......... 71.4 Turner 
10 " Labrador lacados 718 Duckworth 
19 " " LU yr SER AAA LAZO " 
101 " " A ee 71.37 (Bessels) 
averare dex estad bees sas e cd eel 
index of 5 Chilian’ skulls. ..25../... 765 
From this list it will be seen that the average cephalic index 
of the Esquimaux is considerably higher than that generally 
given in the text books; although in some cases it varies between 
71 and 72. 
Another peculiarity of the Esquimaux is the great height of 
the skull. French anthropologists chiefly employ the length- 
height index to express this quality; the Germans on the other 
hand prefer the breadth-height; but there is much to be said 
against both methods; and we are inclined with M. Broca to 
think that the mixedheight index is that which best gives an 
exact idea of this characteristic. Here again we find a strange 
correspondence in the index as the following table will show. 
length ht. | breadth ht. | mixed 
13, Esquimaux ......... |: 78.1 | Broca 
5, " dial IÓ 103. 88.5 | Virchow 
De Chiltans: ¿e bl LOA 101.7 | 88.9 
