126 Canadian Record of Science. 



From the facts thus obtained, we may fairly summarize 

 the physical characteristics of the Ainos as follows . — 



The forehead is usually high, though narrow ; eyebrows 

 heavy and overhanging ; nose somewhat inclined to flat- 

 ness, though but little more so than in Europeans ; mouth 

 wide, but well formed ; chin well formed and medium size ; 

 eyes straight, brown and dull; cheekbones inclined to be 

 prominent; facial angle high, the mean of our measure- 

 ments giving an angle of 72 ° ; the body is compact, well 

 built and muscular; much more than ordinarily hairy ; skin 

 of light color, comparable to that of Europeans. 



With regard to the ages given, it may be stated that the 

 Ainos have no definite method of reckoning age, and it is 

 exceedingly difficult to determine how old a man really is. 

 The same standards according to which we would estimate 

 age among our own people, will by no means apply here, 

 and one is as likely to guess too much as too little. Thus 

 most of the ages given are only approximations. In a few 

 instances they seemed to be known with some degree of 

 accuracy. 



From the heights given it would appear that Davis' con- 

 clusion, based upon measurements of skeletons, " That the 

 Ainos average not far from 5 feet 2 inches in height," 1 is not 

 very far from the actual truth, though it possibly falls a 

 little below. 



The Ainos from Saghalien and other Russian territory, 

 are in some respects quite different from the Yezoines. In 

 stature and general proportion of both men and women, 

 there is no essential difference. Their hair is also worn 

 long, but, unlike that of the Yezoines, it is not cut so 

 squarely ; it is also not so bushy, but falls more gracefully 

 around the head and neck, while the ends frequently have 

 a strong tendency to curl, and in both men and women it is 

 usually neatly brushed and parted, much care frequently 

 being displayed in this respect. Doubtless this, as many 

 other striking departures from a more savage appearance, 

 as common to their southern relations, is to be traced to the 



1 Man. Anthrop. Soc, iii. 366, etc 



