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BODY AND LIMBS 
So far as could be determined without undressing the subjects, 
96 per cent of them presented a body of medium development and 
without marked abnormalities ; none were obese, but 4 per cent were 
unusually thin, though not decrepit. No special differences were 
observed in the various parts of the body from the normal or most 
common type in whites. 
The hands and feet are generally fairly well formed and not 
large. No anomaly of fingers came to notice. The fingers and toes 
are not long. The toes were normal in 95 per cent, in 5 per cent of 
the individuals they presented some peculiarities. 1 They were only 
very rarely seen markedly separated, as they are frequently in the 
Indian. In those who work and go bare-footed the toes are generally 
thickened. 
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON NON-INSTRUMENTAL OBSERVATIONS 
The features of the Kharga natives are in general much like those 
of the fellaheen of the Valley who do not show an admixture with 
the negro. Nevertheless the physiognomy of the Oasis men seems 
somewhat distinctive. They could be easily told from the often finely 
shaped Berberine or Barabra of upper Egypt, and the student comes 
to believe that he could recognize them even from the natives of the 
neighboring parts of the valley; but the differences would not be 
easy to define. The Egyptians of the Valley, however, present a 
larger number of individuals of a decidedly Semitic type of face. 
Beyond the Valley, the physiognomy of the Oasis people is close to 
that of the Arab and the north African non-negro native in general. 
The various characteristics of the head, face, and body, barring 
the color, when closely scrutinized, are found to be closely related to 
those of the white race and to have nothing in common with what is 
distinctive of the negro. 
8. MEASUREMENTS 
STATURE 
The height of the Kharga Oasis men is unusually small, averaging 
barely 163.8 cm. (5 ft. 4^ in.). The exact conditions were as 
follows : 
1 The principal anomalies were as follows: (a) The 4th and 5th left toes, 
especially the latter, turned outward and downward; (b) the 5th left toe is di- 
minutive; and (c) the great toe shows a small toe-like (nailless) growth on 
its inner side and near the end. 
