114 THE PIGMIES. 



between the head and the total height of the body is much greater 

 than in the case of an adult or a giant. ( 1 ) It is a continuation of the 

 morphological transformation which begins immediately after birth. 

 One might, therefore, expect to find the head of a Negrito 

 comparatively larger than ours. Among the Mincopies, men or 

 women, whose posture in the drawing allows us to judge of 

 this detail, the body is very nearly all of a size and hardly gets 

 wider at the pelvis and trochanters. ( 2 ) "With young girls, the 

 breast is very small and conical ; with women, it is fuller and 

 remains pretty firm. With both sexes, the chest and shoulders 

 are wide, the pectoral muscles developed, the arm and forearm 

 are muscular, at the same time preserving a well rounded outline. The 

 hands are rather small, with long slim fingers, sometimes of a very 

 elegant shape ; the nails are long and narrow. The abdomen 

 does not project too much. The lower limbs offer the same char- 

 acteristics as the upper ones, though the thigh and leg are often 

 less brawny than the arm or forearm. 



The calf of the leg is generally placed rather high, at least in 

 women. ( 3 ) This last characteristic, on which I insisted in my first 

 articles, as recalling one of the traits of the African negro, is 

 wanting in the only man whose legs are conspicuous in Mr. Dob- 

 son's phototypes, for his calf is prominent and perfectly well 

 shaped. (4) Lastly, in the pictures where the individual is placed 



(1) Quetelet— Anthrqpometrie, p. 205, &c. 



( 2 ) I had already made this remark in my first memoir. To this M. 

 Giolioli objected by putting forward one of the women, whose pelvis, says 

 he, is rather wide. If this is the case, that woman is certainly not represented 

 in the plate published by him. (Viaggio into mo at Globo delta pirocorvetta 

 italiana " Magenta" p. 249 ; and Stiidi delta Razza JYegrita, (Archivio, vol. 

 V, p. 308.) 



( 3 ) This characteristic is remarkable with three of the women represented in 

 Colonel Tytler's photograph. As for the man's legs, they are hidden. 



(*) Loc. cit., pi. XXXI. This same individual is noticeable for his general 

 aspect. Everything in him indicates strength. The chest is wide, the pectoral 

 muscles are developed, like in all the other men ; the thighs are very brawny. 

 And yet we fiad here again a roundness of outline, a want of projecting muscles, 

 which have already been pointed out in many savages, particularly among 

 Americans. 



