THE PHILIPPINE 



Journal of Science 



A. General Science 



Vol. Ill DECEMBEB, 1908 No. 6 



THE BENGUET IGOROTS. A SOMATOLOGIC STUDY OF THE 

 ' LIVE FOLK OF BENGUET AND LEPANTO-BONTOC. 



By Robert Benjn-ett BEAisr. 

 {From the Anatomical Laboratory, Philippine Medical School, Manila, P. I.] 



INTRODUCTION. 



During the intersessioiial vacation of the Medical School in the year 

 1908, I spent two months at Bagnio, the capital of Bengnet Province, in 

 studying the 23hysieal characters of the natives. No casual observer would 

 exjDBct to iind white people inside of brown skins, but I found Euro^Dean 

 types among the'Igorots. (Plate I.) Trips were made to Atok, Tu- 

 blaj^, and Caj^angan with i^arties under the direction of William H. 

 Pack, governor of Benguet Province, to whom credit and thanks 'are 

 tendered for his kindly cooperation in the work and his assistance in 

 establishing the good will of the natives. Dean C. Worcester, Secretary 

 of the Interior, also has my sincere gratitude for enabling me to carry 

 through the work and for his many personal favors during its progress. 

 I made excursions to points near Baguio from time to time, and obtained 

 a few additional measurements at the Benguet Sanitarium and among 

 the camps of laborers located in the vicinity of the town. 



Benguet Province is situated in the central part of northern Luzon ; 

 Baguio, the capital, being somewhat less than 300 kilometers due north 

 of Manila and about 30 kilometers east of the seacoast. The mountains 

 of Benguet form a part of the Cordillera Central del Norte of the island, 

 the most inaccessible portions of which lie in the north of the province 

 and in Lej)anto-Bontoc. Baguio lies at an altitude of 1,500 meters 

 above sea level. It has a temperate climate and is located among pine 

 hills on an irregular plateau southwest of the center of the province at 



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