371 DIFFKRENCES OF STATURE. 



exHinplcs both of tall and sliort races. Ulloa observes of 

 the Peruvians, that men and women are generally low, but 

 well- proportioned *. Cook calls the Pecherais of Tierra 

 del Fuego "a little, ugly, half-starved race 3" and adds, 

 " I did not see a tall person among them f." The Western 

 American tribes of Nootka Sound, near the Columbia, 

 and further north, are described by Cook J, Lewis, and 

 Clarke §, as low in stature. 



•'The Chaymas of South America," says Humboldt, " are 

 in general short ; and they appear so particularly, when 

 compared, I shall not say with their neighbours the Carib- 

 bees, or with the Payaguas or Guayquilits of Paraguay, 

 equally remarkable for their stature, but with the ordinary 

 natives of America. The common stature of a Chayma is 

 ]. 57 met. or 4 feet 10 inches French (about 5 feet 2 inches 

 English). Their body is thick-set, shoulders extremely 

 broad, and breasts flat. All their limbs are round and 

 fleshy II ." 



He adds, in a note, that " the ordinary stature of the 

 Guayquilits or Mbayas, who live between 2(f and 22° south 

 latitude, is, according to Azzara, 1. 84 met. or 5 feet 8 

 inches French (6 feet j inch English). The Payaguas, 

 equally tall, have given their name to Payaguay or Paraguay." 

 The same accurate observer informs us, respecting the Ca- 

 rlbbees of Cumana, that they are distinguished by their 

 almost gigantic size from all the other nations he has seen 

 in the New World %. 



Among the native tribes in the cold regions north of Ca- 

 nada, Mr. Hearne** saw individuals of 6 feet 3 and 4 inches. 

 Mr. Bartram found the Muscogulges and Cherokees of 



* Voyage to South America, v. i, p. '267. 



+ Cook's Voyage toivards the South Pole ; v. ii. p. 183. Also Forsteh 

 Obs. on a Voyage round the World ; p. 250. 

 t Voyage to the Pacific; v. ii. pp.301, 366. 

 ^ Travels to the Source of the Blissouri, cli. 23. 



II Personal Narrative, v.iii. pp. 222, 223. 

 H Persortal Narrative, v. iii. p. 286. 



*» Journey to the Frozen Ocean; p. 351, note. 



