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people and that the coast people of Peru are among, if 

 not the shortest people, on the American continent. 



The table further emphasizes the great difference in 

 stature between the coast people and those in the moun- 

 tain valleys of Peru. This difference extends to every 

 part of the skeleton and I am convinced of the utter 

 worthlessness of any observations on the osteology of 

 the "Peruvians" in which the two races are not sharply 

 separated. 



It is now time to gather into one table the results so 

 far obtained : 



TABLE XVII. 



