THE HALF-BLOOD INDIAN. 



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mixed race than the intermediate measurements. It is true that the 

 number of observed cases may seem rather small to draw this de- 

 duction with absolute certainty; but I have noticed that all tabu- 

 lations of face and head measurements which include more than 



130 mm. HO 150 160 170 



FIG. 6. BREADTH OF FACE. Eastern Ojibwas. 



five hundred individuals give very regular curves except in the 

 case of half bloods, so that I believe I am justified in interpreting 

 the phenomenon illustrated in Fig. 4 as a real one, and that it is not 

 due to the small number of measurements. The correctness of 

 this view can be proved definitely by an appropriate grouping of 



Fio. 7. ^BREADTH OF FACE OF INDIAN, HALF-BLOOD, AND WHITE CHILDREN. 



the available material according to the following point of view : 

 The breadth of face and the breadth of head of man are closely 

 correlated. The broader the head, the broader the face. Irregu- 

 larities in the distribution of the measurement of the face will, 



