106 PHYSICAL CHARACTERS. 



Number of Measurements Stature taken as 100. 



50. ..1 



1 52-53. ..3 

 3 53-54.. .7 

 3 54-55. ..3 

 9 55-56... 2 

 56-57.. .1 



2 57-2 ...1 



Total, 18 Total, 18 



Taking the average height (5 feet 4 inches) as 100, the proportion, 

 which a chest girth of 34|- inches would bear, would be 53'9. This very 

 closely corresponds with the values of the median of the accompanying 

 series, which itself agrees with the vahie of the average of the indices. 

 This index of chest-girth may be compared with results given by 

 Topinard : 



Englishmen, ... ... ... 54*0 



Negi'oes, ... .. ... ... ■ 52*3 



New Zealanders, ... ... ... 51-4 



Solomon Islanders, ... ... SS'D 



WEIGHT OF BODY.i 



Twelve natives of the Shortland Ii<lands were taken promiscuously and 

 weighed, the followinir being the results, stated in pounds : — 100, 103, 116, 

 117, 120, 120, 123, fSO, 148, 148, 150, 154. The mean of these numbers 

 is 127 ; and the average weight would probably vary between 125 and 130 

 pounds, or between 57 and 59 kilogrammes. This probable average weight 

 is quite in accordance with the size and build of a typical Solomon Island 

 native ; and agrees with the general rule that the weight in pounds ought 

 to be about twice the height in inches ; the average height being 64 inches, 

 and the average weight 125 to 130 lbs. 



LENGTH OF LIMBS. 



The points of measurement employed were : — 



(a) l^^r the upper extremity: (1) a point half an inch outside, and on the 

 level with the apex of the coracoid process of the scapula ; (2) the centre 

 of the hollow of the elbow on a line drawn from the interspace between 

 the head of the radius and the external condyle of the humerus (indi- 

 cated by a dimple when the fore-arm is extended) to immediately below 

 the internal condyle; (3) the centre of a line joining the apices of the 

 styloid processes of the radius and ulna on the front of the wrist. 



{U) I'or the lower extremity: (1) a point on the middle of the front of the 

 thigh on a level with another point midway between the anterior 

 superior spinous process of the ilium and the upper edge of the great 

 trochanter ; (2) a point on the ""ligamentum patellae " on a level with 

 the npper edge of the external tuberosity of the tibia ; (3) the centre 

 of the front of the ankle on a level with the base of the internal 

 malleolus. 

 (1) Tlie intermemh'al index, or the ratio between the length of the 



upper and lower limbs, taking the latter as 100. From the table 



subjoined, it will be seen that the range of 26 indices is 64 to 73. 



1 Sir. Evered, ships-steward assistant, obtained these weights for me. 



