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it may be slightly crimped or wavy, it is certainly not tightly curled. 

 The blacker type of Pygmy also inclines to be hairy on the body, but 

 the permanent body-hair in his case is closely curled, and much like the 

 hair of the head, though thicker and more bristly. In the case of 



the yellowish Pygmy, 

 the body-hair, though 

 only apparent on close 

 examination, is found to 

 grow most thickly and 

 markedly on the back 

 and on the arms and 

 legs. That peculiarly 

 human feature, thick 

 hair in the armpits and 

 in the pubic region, is 

 also present in the 

 yellow Pygmies, but it 

 is remarkable that the 

 hair in these parts is 

 quite different from the 

 fine fleecy down on 

 the body, and resembles 

 the hair on the head, 

 chest, and stomach in 

 the black Pygmy type, 

 which, as in all other 

 Negroes, is closely curled. 

 The fine body-hair in 

 the yellow Pygmies is 

 present in men, women, 

 and children. The 

 women of the yellow 

 type also exhibit faint 

 traces of whiskers. The 

 males of the yellow and 

 black types develop a 

 little 'moustache, and 

 sometimes quite a con- 

 siderable beard. I have 

 myself only seen one 

 Pygmy with a beard of 

 any size — perhaps six 



