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lips which however are not gaping nor are the teeth at all progna- 

 thously inclined ; well made and vertically set, but not sound. Chin 

 not pointed nor heavy nor retiring, nor jaws unduly large and angu- 

 lar ; whence, with the non-saliency of the zygoinse, the face takes a 

 good and Arian contour. [Figure good, almost elegant, but the arms 

 rather long, and the legs rather short in comparison of the European 

 form. Hands and feet well made and well proportioned. Hair 

 plaited into a tail, a la Ohinoise. Ears bored, but not dilated, and 

 furnished with small earings. Expression pleasing, and cast of fea- 

 tures but faintly Mongolian. 



No. III. — A Gyarung of Tazar, north of Tachindo, by name Ma- 

 ching, and by age 33 years. Height 5-3-0, or much shorter than 

 either of the above. A well made smallish man. Bony and muscu- 

 lar development moderate, especially the former. In moderate flesh, 

 but thigh and calf very fine ; arms much less so. Arms longish. Legs 

 shortish. Colour of skin a pale earthy brown or isabelline hue with- 

 out the least mixture of yellew or of red ; like Chinese but deeper 

 toned. No ruddiness on the spare cheeks. Eye dark hazel. Colour 

 of hair in all parts, uniformly black ; long, straight, abundant, 

 strong, on head ; spare on upper lip ; none on chin, nor on body 

 nor on limbs. Cranium large, nor compressed, nor depressed, nor pyra- 

 midally raised towards the crown, though there be a semblance of that 

 sort from the width of the zygomse (but this feature belongs to the 

 face). Occiput not truncated posteally. Eronto-occipital axis the 

 longer and vertical view oval with the wide end backwards, the occi- 

 put being conspicuously wider than the frontal region or than the 

 parietal, and the maximum occipital breadth lessening regularly for- 

 wards to the forehead. Facial angle good with a vertical, but incon- 

 spicuous profile. Contour of the face (front view) lozenge-shaped, 

 widest between the cheek-bones which project much laterally, and 

 are flattened to the front causing great breadth of face just below 

 the eyes, whence there is a regular narrowing upwards and down- 

 wards. Forehead sufficiently high and not retiring, but narrowed 

 apparently upwards, owing to the salient zygoma? and molars. Front- 

 al sinus not salient. Eye smallish and not well opened nor hollowed 

 out from the cheek and upper lid drooping and drawn to the inner, 

 inclined and tumid canthus. Eyes wide apart and oblique. Nose 

 long, straight, thick, with a broad base between the eyes where, 



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