110 PHYSICAL CHARACTERS. 



(8) Distance of the tip of the middle finger from the upper edge of the 

 patella. 



Number of 

 Distance. Measurements. 



2 inches. 2 



2 to 3 „ 6 



3 to 4 „ 1 1 (9 of these at 3i inches). 



4 to 5 „ 2 



» 



Total, 21 



From this table it will be seen that amongst 21 natives the tip of Iht 

 finger never approached the patella nearer than two inches, and was nevji 

 farther removed than five inches. The value of greatest frequency is 3| 

 inches, and it may be taken as approximating to the average distance. 

 Comparing it Avith the average stature (64 inclics) taken as 100, we obtain 

 the index 5-4G ; but by comparing the distance of the middle finger above the 

 patella Avith the stature as 100 in each individual measurement, we obtain 

 a more reliable average index somewhat smaller , than the precedin 



Inflices. Number. 

 3-12-4-00 4 



4-00-5-00 5 



5-00-G-OO 9 



6-00-7-00 1 



7-00-7-94 2 



Total, 21 



In this table the indices range between 3"12 and 7"94: nearly half are in- 

 cluded between 5-00 and 6-00; the value of the median is 5-24, and the 

 average of the numbers is 5*19. Accepting the value of the median as our 

 average index for these natives, it may be compared with similar results for 

 other races given in Topinard's Antln-opology : 



American soldiers (10,876),... 7*49 



Negroes (2020) 4-37 



Solomon Islanders (21), 5'24 



I will conclude my remarks on the length of the limbs by giving from the 

 preceding "data" the limb measurements of a Solomon Island native of 



average height 



Height of body, 64 in. ) Index of height, and length 



/ Length of upper limb, 21^^ ,, j of upper limb, 33"3. 



Intermcmbral ' Length of arm, IH ,, ( Index of arm and fore-arm, 



iudex, 68. ~j Length of fore-arm, ...10 ., j 88. 



(^ Length of lower limb 31?r ., ...Index of height, and length 



of lower limb, 49. 



Length of thigh 17^. ,, ) t j <• ai • i ii en 



T '~,, <. , ° 1 ^ ■ > Index of thigh and leg, 80. 



Length of leg 14 „ J ^ =' 



Tke form of the skull as indicated by the relation to each other of its 



