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of the natives of the opposite great island of Tchoka, or 

 Saghalien. BAIE de 



TCHOKA. CASTRIES 



MEN. Ft. In. Lines. Ft. In. Lines 



Ordinary stature 5 4 10 



Circumference of the head .... 1104 I 90 



Long diameter ... 9 8 090 



Short ... 5 8 054 



Length of upper extremity .... 2 1 6 210 



lower 2 8 2 6 



. foot 9 5 9 



Circumference of the chest ... 3 2 



Breadth 114 11 



Circumference of the pelvis ... 2 6 230 



Height of the vertebral column 1 11 1 10 



WOMEN. 

 Circumference of the pelvis 2 2 10* 



The measures are French ; of which the foot is to that 

 of England as 1.066 to 1.000. 



The trunk is more slender in the Negro, particularly 

 about the loins and pelvis : the dimensions of the latter 

 cavity are considerably smaller than in the European, and 

 the extremities in some instances longer. I found the 

 following proportions in a full-grown African lad of seven- 

 teen. 



Ft. In. 



Length of the body (lying dead on a table) 5 7 



upper extremity 2 J 



lower •. 3 6 



Breadth from shoulder to shoulder 1 



Circumference of the pelvis, between the crista ilii 



and the great trochanter 2 Ij 



Breadth between the anterior superior spines of the 



ossa innominata 8 



The two latter measurements, in an Englishman of five 



* PEROtJSE, Voyage round the World ; v. iii. p. 247. 



