NO. I 
NATIVES OF KHARGA OASIS HRDLICKA 
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THE NOSE 
Nasal Height 
The dimensions of the nose are among the most useful and most 
frequently practiced anthropometrical determinations, and as there 
is but one system of landmarks for the measurements, the data avail- 
able for comparison are much more numerous than those concerning 
other facial proportions. Unfortunately the existing series of nose 
measurements are not of uniform value, for the reason that, to those 
who are not well trained in anatomy, the determination of the nasion 
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FIG. 
nasal 
Oasis. 
ii. Curves showing the distribution of the nasal height (N. H.) and 
breadth (N. J5.) measurements among 150 adult men of the Kharga 
point is -of ten a stumbling block; and also because the pronounced 
effect of age on the nose dimensions, which have received as yet but 
scanty attention. A habitual estimation of the nasion too high or too 
low, which is doubtless frequent in those who do not carry a clear 
mental view of the osseous parts of the face, is capable of resulting 
in important modifications of the results; and any series in which 
nose measurements of persons of old age are included must be 
tegarded as altered from its normal standard in proportion to the 
number of the aged it embraces. The age differences in this respect 
