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ing figure in Virchow's table : the smaller number of individuals 

 at Virchow's disposal would have an important effect in determin- 

 ing this result. We would further suggest that the figure 1189 (mm.) 

 which Virchow records as the span in the woman Bairngo, is very 

 disproportionate. Secondly, Virchow notes a depth of cutaneous 

 pigmentation which was not presented by our subjects. Finally 

 it should be noted that Virchow's account is most elaborate, and 

 includes psychological data : in the case of the Eskimo lately in 

 London, Dr Rivers will publish an account of their psychology. 



Iu comparison with the Eskimo of Ungava Bay (about 200 

 miles from the home of our Eskimo) described by Turner, a 

 greater variation in stature is observed by us ; the apparent short- 

 ness of the lower limbs is a feature in each case, and the toes 

 were noticed to be somewhat turned in during walking and the 

 hands and feet to be relatively small in the Hebron Eskimo. 



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Boas' publication in the Report of the Am. Bureau of Ethno- 

 logy is mentioned here for the sake of the valuable references 

 to literature which it affords. The second publication, as reported 

 in the Zeitschrift fur Ethnologie, 1895, gives figures for the stature 

 of Labrador Eskimo which are very similar to those we obtained 

 for males (i.e. 1575 (Boas) — 1577) though a slight difference exists 

 in the case of the females (1480 (Boas) — 1497). Boas speaks of 

 the great elongation and great height of the skulls of Eastern 

 Eskimo and this we noticed could be ascertained even in the living 

 Labrador Eskimo : our figures for the Cephalic Index in the 

 living do not however indicate so considerable a degree of dolicho- 

 cephaly as the figures recorded by Boas. But we hope to deal 

 specially with the Craniology of the Labrador Eskimo at a later 

 date. 



