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since, for getting the nasal index one has to take this 

 length as equal to 100, therefore, if this is smaller, the 

 nose appears larger, viz., we get a higher figure as the 

 nasal index. Thus the figures obtained from the natives 

 of the Philippines by Bean who adopted the lowest point 

 of the depression " between the eyes ' M have to be omitted 

 in the table on page 448 of Martin : and moreover, Bean 

 himself says that his indices are not to be compared with 

 those of other authors. I think also that the nasal index 

 of 70' 2 for the Soiots measured by Gorotscenko (referred 

 to by Mrs. Jochelson-Brodsky, but perhaps by a misprint) 

 is to be changed into 76 f 2, as we find it in the tables of 

 Ivanovsky. Finally, we fail to understand why Martin 

 gives 66*7 as the nasal index for the Ainus measured by 

 Koganei: for the Ainus of Jeso I have obtained from the 

 figures of Koganei 68'0 as the index and for the Ainus of 

 Sakhalin (who are only 8 in number) 71*7. 



Moreover, everything relating to the geographical 

 distribution of the people in the tables of Martin leaves 

 much to be desired : it would suffice to say that Martin 

 places in Asia many peoples who are inside the geogra- 

 phical boundaries of Europe : the Syrians (" Zirianen," 

 who are not to be confounded with the Syriacs), the 

 Permiaks, the Baskiri, the Osseti, the Tatars of Cazan 

 measured by Sucharew, the Calmuks that were measured 

 by Vorobieff and by Koroleft* and belong both to Astrakan. 



The three tables in the " appendix " of Deniker do'not 

 show the names of the particular authors with regard to 

 stature and cephalic index : only in the case of the small 

 table of nasal index are the names of the authors given. 

 As regards Asia, I found the data given by Deniker, in 

 general, accurate, although a few trans-caucasian peoples 



1 BEAN (R. Bennet), Filipino Tipes -. Racial Anatomy in Taytay. The Men. 

 The Philippine Journ. of Science, IV, 1909, n. 5, p. 378. 



