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0. Circumference of chest at nipple (in men ). 



7. Ditto after full expansion by forced inspiration (in men). 



8. Circumference of thigh at fork. 



9. Distance from fork to ground. 



1, 6, and 9, are most important. 



B. The colours of hair, eyes, and shin, may be best expressed by 

 means of Broca's scale ; but in its absence the 



1. Eyes may be designated as light (blue, light grey, light 

 green), neutral (dark grey, dark green, yellowish grey), or dark 

 hazel, brown). 



2. Hair as red, fair, brown, dark brown, rusty black, or coal- 

 black. 



3. It should be noted whether there is any beard, and, if so, of 

 what colour, or whether it is extirpated. 



4. Is grey hair observed ? 



5. Or baldness ? 



6. or the arcus senilis t 



7. Is the hair lighter in children than in adults ? 



8. Is the body less hairy than in Europeans? 



C. 1. What is the temperature of the body, taken with a " clinical 

 thei'mometer " kept in the axilla fully five minutes? This 

 should be observed in four or five persons. 



2. Does the hand appear to be notably smaller than in Euro- 

 peans ? 



For use in the observations above, a graduated rod. six feet long, 

 with a sliding cross-piece, index callipers, graduated tapes, and a 

 clinical thermometer will be desirable. 



7. — Further Ethnological Enquiries, more especially connected 

 with, the Western Eskimos. By William Turner, Professor of 

 Anatomy, University of Edinburgh. 



1. Should the expedition visit the western part of the north ooasi 

 of America, it would be very desirable to ascertain if any traditions 

 linger amongst ihe Eskimo tribes of a migration of their ancestors 

 across Behring Straits. 



2. It would also be desirable to ascertain if any commuuiealion 

 takes place between the Eskimos and the most northerly tribes of 

 North American Indians, either for purposes of trade or war; or if 

 the Eskimos or Indian tribes intermarry. 



3. Collections of crania of the tribes occupying the land on the 



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