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Fig. 209. Radial sphygmogram of N°. 16; P = 65. 



Fig. 210. Radial sphygmogram of N°. 36; P = 77. 



of the arterial wall. With a still higher frequency as in fig. 211 (P = 96), the low position 

 of the increased amplitude of the dicrotic wave proves that the pressure of the blood 

 has diminished but that a remarkably great elasticity of the arterial wall exists. This, a high 

 vascular elasticity combined with a relatively low blood pressure, according to JOUSSET 

 [1. c, 100], is the rule with tropical races. The respiratory undulations of arterial tension are 

 only slightly marked in my 

 tracings. 



The frequency of 

 respiration with 36 maies 

 in erect posture, proved to 

 vary between 17 and 27, 

 averaging 22 ; SCHELLONG 

 [1891, 168] with the Jabim 

 also found 22, HaGEN 

 [1891, 10 1] with Melanesians 

 21.3; thèse numbers, agree- 

 ing with the results of 

 JOUSSET [1. c, 92] with diffé- 

 rent tropical races (see also 

 DENIKER [1900, 108]), are 

 higher than that found with 

 the European. The relation 

 between the respiratory and 

 the cardiac frequency, being 

 3.55 with Europeans, varying 

 with coloured people between 

 3.43 and 3.69 (JOUSSET [1. c, 

 96]), is only 3.32 with the 

 Papuans under mention. 



Below are given some 

 tables dealing with the m e a- 



surements of the living, after schedules of Prof. Dr. RUDOLF MARTIN of Zurich, and 

 taken with his traveller's anthropometer [1899, 130], whilst also the technique followed has 

 been the same as that taught at the Zurich Anthropological Institute by my friend and teacher 

 above-named. The measurements taken by others are marked with the respective names. 



The data of the H. B. people, living on the coast, remain separate from those of the Sentâni people, 

 living a few hours' journey inland. Besides the mental différences stated on p. 317, both tribes diifer in 

 physical characteristics, in the same way as noted elsewhere in the north, namely that the standing height 

 on the coast is greater than in the interior (Wallace [1869, II, 187], Meyer [1873, 309], D'-Albertis 

 [1880, 1, 48, 215], Van Hasselt [1886, 577], De Clercq [1889% 1327 ; 1889'', 1678], Nachrichten [1891, 50], 

 Schellong [1891, 169], Horst [1899, 235], Hagen [1899, 159], Weule [1902, 247], Pôch [1905, 441]). 

 In a few instances tall inland people were reported, e.g. the Arfak (D'Albertis [Le, 217]) and the 

 Sïmbra (Van Dissel [i904 b , 814]), also coast people of low stature as the Poum (Schellong [1891, 173]) 



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Fig. 211. Radial sphygmogram of N°. 15; P = 96. 



