FORM OF THE SKULL. -113 



Total, 3o 



(2.) Thv Islands of Bourjainville Straits, which include Treasury Is^land, 

 the Shortlaud Island, Faro Islands, and the western extremely of Clioiseul. 



The range of the subjoined forty indices is 75-*J to 85-2. The contrast 

 between this ana the precednig St. Christoval series, as shown in the 

 grouping in the indices^ well ilhistrates the prevalence of distinct types in 

 these twor egions of the gi'oup. The indices of greatest frequency are in- 

 cluded between 80 and 81 : tlie average of the ngures is 80 '6, and the 

 vahie of the median index is 80-7, which may be accepted as the typical 

 nidex. 



Number of Measurement. 

 2 



1 



2 



6 

 t> 

 9 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 1 



Total, 40 



(3.) The Noi'th Coast of Malaita. — Through tije kindness of the Hon. 

 Curzon-Howe, government-agent of the labour schooner " Lavina," I was 

 enabled to measure ten natives who had been recruited from the districts of 

 Urasi and the Uta Pass on the nortli coast of Malaita. 



Total, 10 



This series, though small, is compact, its range being 79-3 to 83. The 

 average of the numbers is 81-2, which I will take as typical ot these 

 localities. 



(4.) The Island of Simho or Eddy stone. — From the head-measurements 

 of nine natives I obtained the following cephalic indices — 72-9, 73-8, 75*8, 

 7G-6, 77-0, 78-0, 78-7, 79'3, 80-4— the average of which jnst falls short of 

 7 7, which however may be taken as an approximation of the prevaiUug 

 index. 



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