234 FUNAFUTI ATOLL. 



wisdom teeth cut, decayed dentition, right upper central incisor, 

 right lower first molar slight, left upper central incisor, first, 

 second and third molar, and left lower, second, molar ; C, a native 

 of Funafuti, aged 20 ; D, a native of Funafuti, aged 18, afflicted 

 with quinodarus in the left foot, the left leg having a maximum 

 calf circumference of only 29- cm., wisdom teeth present, dentition 

 perfect ; E, a native of Funafuti, aged 50 ; F, a native of Funa- 

 futi, aged 24, intelligent, benevolent face, lobe of ear slight, 

 wisdom teeth none, dentition perfect ; G, a native of Funafuti, 

 aged 28, no wisdom teeth, dentition perfect ; H, a native of the 

 neighbouring atoll of Vaitupu, aged 30, lobe of ear slight, teeth 

 perfect, wisdom teeth all cut ; /, a native of Nui, aged 24 ; J, a 

 half-caste, mother a native of Funafuti, aged 20 21 years, angular 

 chin, no marked lobe of ear, imperfect teeth, left lower, second 

 and third molars. 



Though the women predominated over the men almost in the 

 proportion of three to two, it was not found possible to subject 

 them to measurement. 



Dr. Oollingwood. further notes that the islanders are a fine race 

 of people, of good stature, long armed, with intelligent faces and 

 good manners. The colour of the skin varies somewhat, of a dark 

 fawn colour, the noses are somewhat flattened and broad, and they 

 have moderately thick lips. The half-castes surpass, in many 

 cases, the pure natives in strength, appearance, and their 

 capability of fishing and other native employments. The women 

 allow their hair, which is very black, luxuriant, wavy and some- 

 times distinctly curly, to grow fairly long. In one family of a 

 mother and three children the hair was distinctly reddish-brown. 



Of the series of coloured casts of faces of the South Sea Islanders 

 published by Dr. Finsch of Bremen, one, No. 48, of an Ellice 

 Islander does not strike me as a typical specimen. The colour seems 

 to me too light and the forehead too sloping to be characteristic. 



The long arms noticed by Lister* on Fakaafu equally characterise 

 the natives of Funafuti. Wilkes calls attention to a singular 

 attitude, which he illustrates, affected by a Funafuti native, who 

 rested the sole of one foot on the knee of the opposite leg. How 

 natural a posture this is can scarcely be appreciated by a wearer 

 of boots and trousers. Collins and Lumholtzf have drawn Aus- 

 tralian Aborigines in this position, and LesueurJ a Tasmanian. 

 Mr. Hardy has photographed men at Simbo and at Samarai 

 resting in this posture. 



The following measurements are in centimetres. 



* Lister Journ. Anthrop. Inst., xxi., 1892, p. 46. 



f Collins English Colony in New South Wales, 1804, pi. xvi. ; Lum- 

 holtz Among Cannibals, 1890, p. 77. 



J Lesueur Voyage aux Terres Australes, 1804, Atlas, pi. xv. 



