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islands farther north. The chin is prominent and rounded. The teeth 

 are usually good, sound, and even. The irides of the eyes are usually 

 a light hlue or blue-grey, seldom green or brown. The ears are 

 generally small and well-shaped, and very few abnormalities of shape 

 were observed. 



Blcin. — The skin is rather fair, sometimes ruddy, and turns a 

 clear red ; sometimes freckles on exposure, but in one or two of the 

 villages some of the people are darker-skinned, and bronze on exposure 

 instead of reddening. Wrinkles come early, and are usually deep, 

 especially on the forehead and about the eyes. The transverse 

 furrow at the root of the nose and vertical furrows between the 

 eyebrows are common. The women do not seem to wrinkle as early 

 as the men. 



Hair. — The hair is usually a light brown. IText in order of fre- 

 quency of occurrence is dark brown, then fair. Black hair and red 

 hair are both infrequently met with. Genuinely black hair is very 

 rare. The hair of the scalp is usually wavy, and very often curly. 

 A considerable proportion of the elderly men are bald. The beard and 

 eyebrows are much fairer than the hair of the scalp. In a good pro- 

 portion of cases the beard grows only on the chin, or is very scanty on 

 the cheeks (when this is the case it is usually reddish in colour). In 

 other cases the beard is full and luxuriant, and on these it is either 

 fair or dark brown. 



(b.) Talles of Sair and Eye Colours : — 

 Adults. — I. 



Hair. 



Eyes. 



Totals. 



Percentage 

 Hair Colours. 



Light. 



Medium. 



Dark. 



Red, 



Fair, 



Brown, 



Dark, 



Black, 



6 



20 



100 



34 



5 







1 



7 

 9 

 2 





 



1 

 1 







6 



21 



108 



44 

 7 



3-23 

 11-29 

 58-06 

 23-66 



3-76 



Totals, 



165 



19 2 



186 



100-0 



Percentage ) 

 Eye Colours, j 



88-70 



10-22 1-08 



100-0 



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Index of Nigrescence, 



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