904 KKFOBT — 1892. 



limbs well formed, ankles and wrists not particularly small, expression quiet and 

 rather dull. 



The second a coppery brown, much lighter race, with strong frizzly hair, either 

 cut short or standing out in a mop, coloured a rich orange yellow with lime, and 

 evidently a great source of pride to them ; face oval, eyes dark, sparkling, and full 

 of life ; nose aquiline, often slightly hooked at the tip, nostrils wide ; mouth small, 

 lips well cut, no hair on the face, at least not when young adults, teeth good ; 

 expression bright and intelligent, limbs well shaped, rather delicate wrists and 

 ankles, average height 5 feet 5 inches or under. Some of these were so graceful 

 and handsome as to fill anyone who observed them with admiration ; it was not a 

 single individual, but many ; and one instinctively made friends. 



The first type we found mostly in the coast villages, the other on the hill 

 side. There was also a mixture between these two types, Malays and Papuans. 

 The women were shorter in stature, with their hair done up in a knot at the 

 back of the head. AVhen young they were pleasant to look at, but apparently soon 

 aged, and with their very pendent breasts were ugly. 



The average measurements of the hillmen were : — Height 5 feet 5 inches, 

 length of head 7^*5 inches, width of head 6 inches, cephalic index 82, length of 

 arm 32 inches, and of leg 35 inches. 



Their numerals are : — 



They use bamboo bows and arrows, the latter not feathered and more or less 

 barbed. They wear curious combs, and from their ear lobes greatly extended 

 hang silver, tortoise-shell, blackwood, or fish-bone pendants; they wear wood or 

 bone bracelets much too small for Europeans. They have a curious ceremony 

 of drum beating morn and night, and their dancing is of a monotonous character, 

 there being a sort of recitative and two choruses ending by kdki and soli, which 

 are uttered with the full force of the lungs. 



The canoes are dug-outs. Salt is obtained by evaporating sea water by the 

 heat of the sun in shallow trays made of palm leaves, 



The natives reminded the author of the people of Tenimber, described by H. 

 0. Forbes. 



10. Report of the North-ivestern Tribes of Canada Committee, 

 See Reports, p. 545. 



11. A Discussion on Anthropometric Identification was opened by Dr. L, 



Manouvrier, of Paris. 



SAT USD AY, AUGUST 6. 



A Discussion on Criminal Anthropology took place after the reading of the 

 following Paper : — 



Some Developmental and Evolutional Aspects of Criminal Antliro-pology. 

 By T. S. Clouston, M.D., F.B.8.E. 



The work done in criminal anthropology in this and other countries was first 

 reviewed, and the failure of the workers to agree on any anatomical, physiological, 



