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REPORT — 1895. 



I conclude from the preceding tables that we must distinguish four 

 types on the coast of British Columbia : the northern type, represented 

 in our tables by the Nass River Indians ; the Kwakiutl type ; that of 

 Harrison Lake and the Salish of the interior, as represented by the Oka- 

 iiagan, Flathead, and Shuswap. The Ntlakya'pamuQ appear essentially as 

 a mixed people. 



In order to bring out the differences between these types clearly I will 

 give the average values of the various measurements and indices side by 

 aide. I repeat, however, that these averages must not be considered as 

 the types of the various series, which are evidently exceedingly complex, 

 but only as indices of the general distribution. 



Total series. 



It will be noticed that the series of men and women agree very closely. 

 The types expressed by these figures may be described as follow^ The 

 Nass River Indians are of medium stature. Their arms are relatively 

 lon<^, their bodies are short. The head is very large, particularly its trans- 

 versal diameter. The same may be said of the face, the breadth of which 

 may be called enormous, as it exceeds the average breadth of face of the 

 North American Indian by 6 mm. The height of the face is moderate ; 

 therefore its form appears decidedly low. The nose is very low as com- 

 pared with tlie height of the face, and at the same time broad. Its elevation 



