120 THE PIGMIES. 



" as being such, and that I have never seen a skull from any other 

 " part of the world that I should assign to a native of these 

 " islands." (*) 



These lines of the eminent English anatomist explain how it is 

 possible to trace out and recognize this type, even when seen far 

 away from the land where it has preserved its integrity. The 

 craniological characters have a great persistence ; when cross-breed- 

 ing interferes, they sometimes modify each other reciprocally, but 

 often also, perhaps more usually, a kind of separation takes place 

 and the two types are respectively represented, in half -casts, by 

 a certain number of well defined traits. When these traits are 

 very special, like those I have just pointed to, they can easily 

 be distinguished. This is how M. Hamt and myself have been 

 able to certify that the Negrito element has played a more or less 

 important part in the formation of the Bengal and Japanese popu- 

 lations. 



( To be continued.) 



(2) Loo. cit., p. 112. 



