WILD TRIBES OF PERAK. 39 
According to the tables of the Anthropometric Committee of the 
British Association, given in their report for 1881, the average distance 
at which the army test-spots could be read by English agricultural and 
outdoor labourers between the ages of 16 and 45 years is 52'1 feet. 
This figure is obtained from 385 observations. The extremes were 
five individuals go feet and over, and one under 10 feet. Professor 
Longmore worked out from observations on British recruits an average 
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It would appear from the above that the sight of the Sakais is 
slightly better than that of the average Englishman who leads an 
outdoor life, but it is insufficient to support the claim which has so 
often been made for the vastly superior eyesight enjoyed by savages. 
Mr. H. B. Guppy, who tested the eyesight of 22 Solomon Islanders 
(by means of the army spots) obtained an average of 57°5 feet, or almost 
the same as that for British recruits. His extremes were 35 feet and 
70 feet: 
