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The agreement above set forth might lead us to suppose that prac- 
tically no racial differences are connected with the facets, at least be- 
tween the whites and some of the Indians; but this assumption is not 
borne out by a detailed study of these characters. The next table 
shows the more detailed observations on the number and character 
of these facets in the Munsee and in whites, and also with reference to 
sex and side. Here we notice, in the first place, that the frequency 
of two facets only is much higher in both groups in the females than 
in the males, while three facets are correspondingly more frequent in 
the males. But we observe further that the condition of three 
facets in which the anterior and median are separated by a wide 
notch is very much more frequent among the whites than among the 
Indians. 
As to sides, differences between the right and left are irregular; if 
we combine the two series of Munsee and whites they almost dis- 
appear. 
LXXXI. OSCALCISIN THE MUNSEE AND IN UNITED STATES WHITES: ARTICULAR 
FACETS FOR ASTRAGALUS 
Three 
Three 5 
facets, but | py, facets, dis- 
the two f ne ee) 
Specimens | Two facets| anterior eae eral ts page 
Sanaratad pletely dis-| notch be- 
only by a | Connected | tween the 
rd 4 anterior 
§ two 
b= (avila | 
Males: Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent 
Miumseorees Soars eee ae eras es (31) 25. 8 19.4 35.5 19.4 
United States whites............-..-.- (55) 25N5 7.3 29.1 38. 2 
Females: 
Munsee... -. 5 per a see Sat arene in (29) 48.3 10.3 41.4.) 7 eee 
United States whites:- ££.--.!..2022..4 (30) 40 16.7 20 23.3 
Right: 
Mumseesss 2 5353-4 - tetera. - ES (31) 42 6.5 42 9.7 
United States whites. ..- 322... :2<.s:22: (51) 29. 4 UGH ff 21.6 33.3 
Left: 
DVIS OCs Se Sec es top ey Se er ene (29) 31 24 34.5 10.3 
United States whites. .._- SO. POR (34) 32.4 2.9 32.4 32.4 
An additional point of some interest in connection with the cal- 
caneus is the development of the peroneal spine. Among the Mun- — 
see this was found frequently to be very moderate and never pro- 
nounced; among the whites, cases with a much more marked devel- 
opment of the spine are met with occasionally, especially among the 
males. 
Astragalus 
Next to the calcaneus, the most interesting bone of the tarsus is 
the astragalus. The bone exhibits wide and characteristic variations 
