108 THE PIGMIES. 



of the authors. They lead us to assign to Mincopies, taken in a 

 body, a mean stature of l m 416 exceeding by 3 millimetres only 

 that of the Aetas. If we simply take into account the actual mea- 

 surements made by Mr. Beandeb, this average height becomes 

 l m 421 for Mincopies, and the difference between the latter and 

 the Aetas is not more than 8 millimetres. 



The first accurate information on the height of Negritos living 

 in the Malay Peninsula, has been furnished by Major Macules 

 and given again by Ceawfued. ( x ) More recently still, the cele- 

 brated Russian traveller, M. Micluko-Maclay, has published, on 

 this people, a work which, to my regret, I only know through 

 a summary given by M. G-iglioli. ( 2 ) Lastly, MM. Maeche and 

 Montaito have collected new measurements which are rendered more 

 interesting by the fact that the names of the different tribes referred 

 to were taken with great care. The following is a summary of 

 these records, with the exception of Macules' measurement which, 

 as it relates only to one single individual, has now lost its former 

 importance : — 





Max'vmvm. 



Jlinimam. 



Average. 



M. Micluko- | men ( 3 ) 

 Maclay, ( women 



I l m 620 

 j l m 480 



l m 460 

 l m 400 



l m 540( 4 ) 

 l m 440 



Mr. Marche, lOSakais ( 5 ) 



| l m 705 



li*462 



l m 584( 6 ) 



(i) History of the Indian Archipelago, vol. I, p. 23. The height of the sin- 

 gle individual examined by AlACiNXEsis lm^lo. 



(2) Nuove JYotizie sui Popoli Ncgroidi delVAsia e specialmente sm Negriti. M* 

 Micluko-Maclay"s Memoir, called Ethnolofji&clic Excnr&ione 'n in derMalay- 

 isclbcii Halbinscl, was published as an extract from the Natuurlmndig 

 Tijdsclirift of Batavia. ( ArcJUvio par VAntropologia e la Etnologia, vol. IX, 

 p. 173.) 



(•'*) M. G-iglioli's summary does not indicate the number of individuals 

 nor their origin. 



( i ) In this case, the mean figures could not be deducted from the aggregate 

 of observations, the number of which I don't know ; they simply express the 

 intermediate number between the maxima and minima. 



O) M. Maeche's measurements were taken at Xaga-Barou in Perak, and 

 apply to adults only. 



(e) The average figures for MM. MAECHE and Montano are deduced 

 from the whole of their observations. 



