NEGRO PELVIS. 



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legs also are long. There are no actual measurement of 

 these. 



Mr. RoLLiN, to whom I have already referred, ascertain- 

 ed the proportions of the body in males and females at 

 three different points on the western coast of the Ame- 

 rican Continent. The following are the results in French 



measures 



MEN. 



Common stature ... 



Long diameter of the head, from the 



superior angle of the occiput to 



the chin 



Short ditto; from the centre of one 



parietal bane to the other 



Upper extremity, from the head of 



the humerus to the end of the 



middle finger . 



Lower ditto ; from the head of the 



femur to the heel 



Length of the foot 



Breadth of the chest between the 



shoulders 



Breadth of the shoulders 



Height of the vertebral column, from 



the first vertebra to the sacrum ... 

 Circumference of the pelvis 



WOMEN. 



Long diameter of the head 

 Short 



Length of the upper extremity 



lower ————— 



foot ...". 



Breadth of the chest 



shoulder 



Height of the vertebral column 



Circumference of the pelvis 



Breadth i)etween the anterior supe- 

 rior spinous processes 



8 4 

 5 



2 8 

 3 4 



I 



1 4 8 



5 J 

 2 6 



9 



5 4 



2 1 9 



110 I 1 

 2 4 4 2 



8 

 4 II 

 2 



5 



8 



10 



8 



9 



10 



1 



7 



11 



6 8 



8 

 5 

 2 I 



2 6 



8 



10 



1 2 



1 8 



2 6 



8 





^ " = 



t^ M N^ 



5 3 



9 5 



5 6 



2 2 3 



2 10 5 



10 6 



1 I 4 



1 7 5 



2 4 

 2 7 5 



8 10 



5 5 



2 I 6 



2 6 8 



8 9 



II 3 



1 3 3 



1 8 9 



2 6 9 



5 8 10 



* Perouse's Voyage^ v. iii. p. 222. 



