THE PIGMIES. 



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Lastly, the men seem but seldom to have traces of a moustache. ( x ) 

 As one examines one by one the twenty-three photographs, 

 which I have under my eyes, it is easy to discover many individual 

 differences, and yet it is impossible not to be struck by the general 

 uniformity of the physiognomy. This result is chiefly due, no 

 doubt, to the peculiar shape and disposition of the eyes. ( 2 ) They 

 are round and rather projecting, pushed back to the sides, and fur- 

 ther apart than with us, ( 3 ) giving thus to the countenance a pecu- 

 liar and strange expression ; but they are bright and very strong 

 as is usual among savages. 



This separation of the eyes is not so great nor so common among 

 Aetas. It is, therefore, not surprising that the physiognomy of 

 these two races should be different. Furthermore, though the 

 features indicate in reality a variety of the same type, they are usu- 

 ally coarser in the Philippine Negro. The forehead remains wide 

 and rounded off, as is easily seen when it is not covered by hair ; 

 but the root of the nose is more depressed, nostrils wider and 

 fuller, lips thicker, not however to the same degree as in Negroes ; 

 their commissure sometimes more fleshy. Lastly, the chin recedes, 

 but less than in the Papuan-Negrito, and when cross-breeding 

 does not interfere, the Aetas seem to be as beardless as the Anda- 

 manese. 



The photographs, taken by M. de Saint Pol-Lias, show that the 

 Malacca Negritos are in feature more like Aetas than Mincopies. 

 Such is the case also with the Indian Negrito, as far as we can 



(i) Hairy covering- is equally absent on the body, except in the places of 

 election. 



(2) In the plate which I have published, the engraver has reproduced the 

 model, and particularly the eyes, very badly. Of this I have been careful 

 to warn the reader. However, as he has indicated well the space between 

 the eyes, the general physiognomy has been pretty well preserved. 



( 3 ) This character is well shown by the photographs of Colonel Tytler 

 and by Mr. Dobsox's phototypes. It is wanting, on the contrary, in most 

 of the individuals represented in the plate published by M. Giglioli. More- 

 over, the physiognomies in the latter engravings recall in no way those of 

 which I have just spoken. The shape of the head is perfectly different to what 

 it looks like in the photograph, and even differs from the description given by 

 the author himself (p. 249). Among others, I will point to the tall individual 

 standing up on the left. Can he be called a half-cast ? Or is it the fault 

 of the artist who copied the photograph badly ? 



