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more or less prominent in 4, i is not prominent. The lips are 

 thin in 3 and moderate in 2. The chin is fairly well developed. 

 Nose : Three are mesorhine, i platyrhine, and i hyper-platyrhine. 

 The profile is concave in 2, straight in i, and intermediate in 2 ; 

 a blunt tip is noted in i. The root is narrow and moderately 

 high in 2, moderately broad in 2, moderately high in i, and 2 are 

 fairly broad and flat. The base is reflected in 3 and straight in 

 2 ; the alae are small in 3, moderately large and rounded in i, 

 and wide and horizontal in i. Eyes : The aperture is fairly open 

 in 4, rather narrow in i ; it is straight with no fold in 3, and 

 slightly oblique with a slight fold in 2. The colour is medium 

 brown. £ars : Type European in 2, European to Negroid in i ; 

 angle prominent in 2 ; lobule distended in i, trace in i, 3-10 mm. 

 in 2, 10-15 ^^' ^^ ^ '} descending helix infolded less than 2 mm. 

 in 2, 2-4 mm. in 3 ; Darwin's point absent in 2 ; tragus under 

 3 mm. in i, rather larger in i, 3-5 mm. in 3 ; anti-tragus under 

 3 mm. in 4, 3-5 mm. in i ; anti-helix below level of helix in 2, 

 about at the same level in 3. 



^air : It is wavy in 3, straight to wavy in i, curly in i ; the 

 colour is rusty black in 4, dark brown in i. It is fairly long and 

 moderately abundant on the head ; i man has a small moustache 

 at angles of mouth, and i has a fairly good moustache and beard. 



Sh'n : Two are lightest cinamon (12), i light brown (near 17). 



Stature. All are short, i being under 1.5 m. ; the median is 

 1.54 m. (5 ft. \ in.). 



Ten Lerong men and 5 women were measured. 



Head-form : The cephalic indices show 4 men and i woman 

 to be dolichocephalic, 6 men and 4 women brachycephalic, the 

 median being 78.5 for the men and 81 for the women. Three 

 men are mesocephalic as regards length-height, otherwise both 

 sexes are hypsicephalic both in length-height and breadth-height, 

 the women being more so than the men. The shape is noted as 

 ovoid in 5 men, pyriform in 3 men, oval in 3 of each sex, and 

 round oval in 2 women (i with vertical occiput). 



Face : It is more or less pentagonal in 8 men and i woman, 

 oval or ovoid in 4 women, broad in i woman, and long in 2 men ; 

 alveolar prognathism is noted in i of each sex and sunken 

 temples and cheeks in i man. All are chamseprosopic as regards 

 both total facial and upper facial indices, one man only being an 

 exception in both respects. The forehead is good in 3 of each 

 sex, fair in 3 men, rather narrow in 2 men and i woman. The 

 cheek-bones are prominent in 8 men and 2 women, not prominent 

 in 2 and 3. The lips are moderately thin in 4, men but tend to 

 be thick in 2 men and 4 women. The chin is usually well 

 developed, but is small in 2 women. JVose: Three men and 

 I woman are mesorhine, the rest platyrhine, i woman being 



