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landmark. The head has rather smaller vertical relative dimensions than in the 

 Euroi)ean, the Dwarfs aiid the Nilotic ne^^roes ajiproachinj!; most nearly to our mean 

 canon. The neck is relatively longer and the trunk shorter than in the white races, the 

 latter feature reaching its acme among the Bahima and Masai. fJotli limbs are 

 relatively increased, but whereas in the ui»i)er limb the excess is in the distal segment, 

 in the lower it is in the proximal. The hands are smaller and the feet often relatively 

 larger than those of Eurojieans ; considerable racial variation, however, occurs. The 

 Masai have hands and feet both absolutely and relatively large. The Dwarf peoples, 

 Nilotic negroes, Ja-luo-speaking Kavirondo, Kamasia, Xandi, and JSiik have relatively 

 smaller hands and feet than the average white, while the Bantu peoples in the series, 

 the Lendu, Karamojo, and Andorobo, have smaller hands but larger feet. 



Should more extended observations confirm the present series, the relative pro- 

 portions of the limbs and of the hands and feet would afford valuable evidence towards 

 a classification of the peoples of the Uganda Protectorate. 



Applying the above-mentioned facts to jairposes of classification as far as can be 

 made out from the limited material at present at our disjjosal, a few groups can be 

 distinguished. 



The Bamhute, Bnamha, and Bawinde form a class to themselves, characterised by 

 a l)rachycepha]ic skull, broad depressed nose with a high index, flattened face, narrow 

 chin, small ears, short stature, slender limbs, and small hands and feet. 



The Masai, who are tall, dolichocephalic, mesorhine, with a low bioculo-na.sal index 

 Avith relative great span, long lower limbs, feet and hands relatively greater than 

 Europeans, though their feet are relatively smaller than those of the Bantu group. 



The Acholi and Bari : tall, mesaticephalic, platyrhine, with a small bioculo-nasal 

 index, relatively long lower limbs, legs, and forearms, but small feet and hands. 



A grou}) somewhat less well defined than the foregoing, comprising the Barfanda, 

 Basoga, Wani/amu'ezi, intermediate in most respects, yet with close mutual agreement, 

 ■with relatively large feet and small hands. 



A few other groups remain to be discussed. The Kavirondo fall into two series, 

 those of Bantu speech and those of Ja-luo speech, the physical characters of the two 

 approximating to the Basoga and Acholi groups respectively. 



The Lemlu in most features would seem to lie intermediate between the Nilotic 

 negro and the small races of the Congo Forest zone. In stature and in the jn-oportions 

 of the limljs they agree with the Acholi, in face and ears they more closely resemble the 

 Bambute. In cephalic index and the relatively large size of the feet they agree with 

 neither. 



The Karniiwjo in their liodily proportions would ap]iear to closely resemble, if they 

 have not affinities with, the Bantu-speaking group. In their cranial and facial characters 

 they seem to be intermediate between the Bantu and the ^Masai, though in the pro])ortioiis 

 of their limbs and the size of the hands they diti:'er widely from the latter peojile. 



The Snk stand in a somewhat similar relationship to the Acholi. 



The Kamasia, Xandi, and Andorobo are a somewhat aberrant grouj) with inter- 

 mediate characters best expressed in the tables. This is a very heterogeneous grouj), 

 combining characteristics of other negro tyjies. They ai'e obviously a peo])le of 

 mixed origin. 



The Bahima are distinguished from the other groups mainly by the prominence and 

 length of the nose. In this feature they approach the European or Hamite. The lower 

 part of the face is narrower than the average negro, the ears approach the Eurojiean 

 type, and the head is actually larger than in the average negro. In short, in many 

 respects they are negroid rather than negro. In other measurements than those 

 instanced they api^roximate pretty closely to the Bantu. 



