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ure. Catlin assures us that the men among the Crows, whose 
hair will frequently reach the calves of their legs, are most of 
them six feet or more. Other tribes are of a decidedly lower 
stature. Of the gigantic Patagonians of Sout erica, the 
most extravagant accounts have been given by travellers. But 
Capt. King affirms them,*upon measurement, to be from 5 feet 
_ shortest races of men we are acquainted with. The other races of 
_ tnankind are comprised within these limits of difference. Some 
"Government of India, No. xxv: the Andaman Islands.) Thus, 
_ istature alone, a very great diversity prevails. And it is re- 
 markable that tribes in close proximity to each other frequently 
tes had he been an ethnologist were so extraordinary, observed 
inthe plains of the interior of Southern Africa, scattered among 
“8 of air, climate, food, &. The tall Patagonians and some ~ 
tribes of the Fuegians, ’ distingui hed for their dwarf stature, 
afford a similar example of contrast. - | 
The brothers Schlagintweit, following i the train of Mr. 
| N, carried on an extensive series of metrical observations 
. on the tribes of the Himalaya and of India. Many curious re- 
a ors chief] pointing to the different proportions of parts of the 
: les and i of these people from those of Europeans, have 
been attained, which will be published in the ethnological por- 
tion of their projected work. After ascertaining the weight of 
