244 



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ness of the sacrum. The index also obtained by comparison 



of the upper and h)wer limbs with each other is 70 (the latter 



Deing taken as lOU). This high index shows an approximation 



in the proportions of the limbs of the Kubus to those of the 



iinthropoid apes, and indicates that the length of the upper 



imb is considerably greater in proportion than that of the 



ower as compared to what obtains in Europeans. In the 



Xegro and the Andamanese, on the other hand, the upper 



mb is proportionately to the lower shorter than in Europeans. 



" Utifortunateljr the number of Kubu skulls obtained is not 





"X 



A Kl'BU MAN, AND "WOMAN, SKETCHED IN THE TILLAGE OP SUEULANGtIN. 



sufficiently large to justify very definite statements regarding 

 them, though I think sufficient to answer one question which 

 presents itself to us for solution, namely, as to what race the 

 Kubus are allied — whether they possess Negrito or Malayan 

 affinities. The character of the hair, the form of the nose, the 

 various characters of the skull, and the j)roportion of the limb- 

 bones show that they cannot have any near affinity to the 

 Xegrito race found in various parts of the Indo-SLalayan 

 Archipelago, but that they are decidedly Blalays, and tlierefore 

 Jlontroloid. The hiofh nasi-malar antrle, the hifrh and broad 



