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JJuring our stay al North Star Bay I also made some 

 anthropological observations and measurements , in which I 

 followed the methods taught by Professor F. v. Luschan of 

 Berlin. 



As I only met with a small portion of the tribe, however, 

 — partly because so many of them were with Peary in the 

 Polar Sea — I shall not enter here upon a general account of 

 the anthropology of the Polar Eskimos, but restrict myself to 

 some of the main points in the observations along with the 

 photographs taken by me. At this moment also, there is less 

 reason for going too deeply into the subject , as the extensive 

 work on the anthropology of Greenland prepared by C. M. Fürst 

 and F. C. С Hansen is just about to be published. 



When we get over the first impression of distaste towards 

 their dirtiness and less pleasant smell, the Polar Eskimos have 

 in reality a pleasing exterior and are specially remarkable for 

 their well-proportioned structure and fine, small hands and feet. 

 Those I met were on the whole small, but there are not a few 

 men in the tribe who are above the average height. It is said 

 that those who are descended from the Ponds Inlet Eskimos 

 belong to the tallest in the tribe. The men especially are very 

 muscular, but as both the men and the women must be con- 

 sidered as well-covered, their musculature is not very pronounced 

 or marked. The health seemed to be extremely good. 



From the racial standpoint the first impression one obtains 

 of the tribe, when one comes from the more southerly West 



