139 



.My indices correspond with the following average measures : 



Length of face 140"5 



Breadth of zygoma 14 1*7 



Breadth of nether jaw ... 113'9 



which is in good conformity with the statement of Søren Hansen 

 that the length of the face is a Uttle smaller than its breadth 

 and that this is about Vs greater than the breadth over the 

 angles of the nether jaw. The differences of the found indices 

 are also so small that scarcely any significance can be ascribed 

 to them ; at any rate, Søren Hansen remarks in full conformity 

 with my measures and observations that the form of the face 

 is oval or perhaps rather elliptic on account of the lower part 

 of the face being relatively broad. 



To determine the form of the nose I have measured the 

 distance from the root of the nose to the place of meeting be- 

 tween septum nasi and the upper lip, and the distance between 

 the outermost points of the wings of the nose. This measure, 

 stated by Broca, has been used by Søren Hansen on the West- 

 coast and is recommended in preference to the distance between 

 the bottoms of the furrows behind the wings of the nose (Vir- 

 chow), a measure, used by Holm on the Woman-boat expedi- 

 tion, in this point then Holm's and my measurements cannot 

 be compared, my average index becoming higher: 70'2 against 

 628. The form of the nose is besides individually very dif- 

 ferent in the East-Greenlanders, so different that an average 

 index after all does not give any impression of it. According 

 to my measurements index varies between 88*4 and 59'3, 

 according to those of Holm even between 81'1 and 403. 

 According to the measurements of Holm a considerable diffe- 

 rence of sex is found, index being for men 639, for women 

 609; according to mine there is a similar difference of sex, 

 but in opposite direction, index being for men 69*2, for women 

 72*9. According to the very extensive measurings of Søren 

 Hansen on the West-coast the average index is there for men 



