584 REPORT—1896., 
It is of interest to compare the rate of growth of Indian and white 
children. In the following table I give the statures of the Indian children 
of British Columbia and of the white children of Worcester, Mass. :— 
Boys GIRLS 
Age: Years 
Indian White Difference Indian White Difference 
5 1,073 1,097 —24 || 1,073 1,074 — 1 
6 1,161 1,127 +34 1,100 1,113 —13 
7 1,200 1,170 +30 1,207 1,175 +32 
8 1,256 1,223 +33 "|| 1,207 1,216 - 9 
9 1,286 1,270 1G. ORR 268 1,266 — 3 
10 1,365 1,340 +25 || 1,338 1,328 +10 
11 1,386 1,388 — 2 1,400 1,370 +30 
12 1,423 1,429 — 6 | 1,443 1,447 — 4 
13 1,461 1,476 -15 | 1,487 1,479 + 8 
14 1,527 1,543 —16 || 1,508 1,537 —29 
15 1,578 1,622 —44 1,517 1,570 —53 
16 1,611 1,658 —47 | 1,587 1,584 —47 
17 1,622 1,685 — 63 — | 1,694. | a 
18 1,674 | 1,700 2 ea 1591 3) 
19 1,692 | 1,713 —21 | — — | — 
It appears from both tables, although more clearly in the case of 
boys, that the Indian child is taller than the white child, although in 
the adult the inverse relation of statures prevails. I have shown at 
another place that a similar relation prevails between full-bloods and 
half-breeds (‘ Verh. Berliner Anthr. Ger.,’ 1895, p. 386). It is therefore 
probable that the difference in the laws of growth is a racial phenomenon. 
NASAL INDEX OF SKULLS, 
On p. 544 of the Tenth Report of the Committee I pointed out the 
difference of racial types found along the coast, and stated (p. 545) that 
the nose of the Kwakiutl represents a peculiar type which is not found in 
any other region of the coast. I have investigated the same question on 
a series of skulls, and have obtained the following results :— 
Nasal Indices of Skulls 
Nanaimo and | Songish, not 
Index Kwakiutl Comox cara deroned Chinock 
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