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ETHNOLOGY. 



[Sect. XIII. 



An account should be taken of the average stature and 

 weidit in both sexes. This can onlv be obtained by the 

 actual measurement and weighing of a considerable num- 

 ber of iudividualsj and the number and extent of the 

 measurements vshould be mentioned. The proportional 

 stature of the different sexes differing in different race3. 



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an account should be taken of this fact. Extreme cases 

 should be noticed. 



The proportion between the length of the limbs and 

 the sternum, and the height of the body and the breadth 

 of the pelvis, should, be ascertained, and the length of 

 the fore-arm in proportion to the stature of the body. 

 This is known to be much greater in some races than in 



others. 



Particular attention should be paid to the shape and 

 relative size of the head, since this forms one of the 

 principal characters distinguishing the several tribes of 

 the human family from each other. The most authentic 

 testimony in regard to this particularj and one which will 

 be very a-cceptable to scientifiu men in this country, will 

 be aftbrded by bringing home a collection of skulls, if 

 they can be procured. In that case it would be necessary 

 to select those skulls for specimens which afford the best 



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of th" prevailing form of the head in the particular 

 tribe; and if several forms are ob::rved in any race of 

 people, which is the case in some islands of the Pacific 

 Ocean, specimens should be sought which serve to identify 

 every leading variety. If skulls cannot be procured, the 

 best substitute \vili be casts of heads. Failing these, it 



will be requisite to take measurements. Such measure- 

 ments should state the proportion between the longitudinal 



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