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same thickness in a New Zealand skull. The remarkable 

 thickness of the skulls of the Zulu Kaffirs, who do not properly 

 belong to the Negro tribe, is considered by Delegorgue 1 to be 

 the consequence of exposing the unprotected head to the heat 

 of the sun. In France also, remarkably thick skulls were dug 

 out in many places, 2 and the Bretons are distinguished by the 

 same peculiarity, and frequently fight with their heads like 

 Negroes. 3 



Oblique prominent front teeth do not, according to Sandifort, 4 

 exclusively occur among Negroes, but are seen, though in a 

 less degree, among Kaffirs, Aboinese, Cingalese, Japanese, 

 etc. Even among Europeans, laterally compressed skulls with 

 oblique incisors, are not so very rare. 5 



With regard to the length and proportions of the arm : 

 Jarrold 6 has proved by measurements that the forearm of the 

 Scotch (twelve inches to six feet length of body) is intermediate 

 between the Negro (twelve and a half inches to six feet length 

 of body), and the Englishman (eleven and a half inches 

 to six feet length), and that the length of the hand is pro- 

 portionately large in the former ; hence also in this respect the 

 resemblance of the Negro to the monkey is not specific. 



The deficiency in the calves are in Sennaar and Taka as often 

 found among the Arabs as among the Negroes. 7 Brehm 8 has 

 observed the same among the Nomades of East Sudan, and 

 assigns as a cause that they are accustomed to sit on the heels, 

 by which the thigh rests on the calves. Moreover the pecu- 

 liarity is not general among the Negroes. 



Burmeister has pointed out the resemblance of the foot and 

 the position of the toes of the Negro to that of the ape. 



It has indeed been often noticed that the large toe is fre- 

 quently used by Negroes as a thumb ; but however seductive it 



1 "Voy. dans I'Afr. australe," ii, p. 219, 1847. 



2 Serres, in "1'Institut.," ii, p. 123, 1853. 



3 Lenormant, " Nouv. ann des voy.," i, p. 110, 1848. 



4 " Tabulae cranioruni," Lug. Bat., 1838. 



5 Loc. cit., p. 62. 



6 K,. Wagner, " Naturgesch. des Menschen," ii, p. 219, 1831. 



7 Werne, " Feldzug von Sennaar nach Taka," p. 58, 1851. 



8 Loc. cit., p. 76. 



