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On the other hand the skull of the Kham warrior showed the longer-headed type. 

 It was longer absolutely and also relatively to the breadth of the cranium than the Lhasa 

 specimen, dolichocephalic and hypsistenocephalic. The bridge of the nose was not so 

 wide or flattened and with a stronger profile, the anterior nares were narrower, the nasal 

 index was leptorhine, the interorbital, intermalar, and interzygomatic breadths were less, 

 the upper jaw was orthognathic and the cubic capacity was smaller. The cranial con- 

 figuration of each skull was distinctive, and although only a single specimen of each type 

 was under examination, the presence in Tibet both of a Mongolian and a longer-headed 

 race was confirmed. The difference in the relation between the height and breadth of 

 the cranium, which on previous occasions I have called attention to as not infrequently 

 distinguishing the dolichocephali from the brachycephali, was present in these crania, for 

 in the brachycephalic Tibetan the breadth was greater than the height, whilst in the 

 dolichocephalic Kham warrior the height was greater than the breadth. 



Some years ago Mr H. H. Eisley published elaborate tables of measurements of 

 natives of Bengal, taken by an assistant under his supervision during 1886-7-8.* These 

 tables included measurements of Tibetans arranged under three heads, Tibetans of Tibet, 

 of Sikkim, and of Bhutan. In stature the Tibetans of Tibet averaged 164'2 cm., those 

 of Sikkim 162*9 cm., those of Bhutan 162'1 cm., and the mean range therefore was 

 from 5 feet 3f inches to 5 feet 4-J inches. The indices computed from certain measure- 

 ments of the head and face are given below. 



Tibetans of Tibet. 



Of Sikkim. 



Of Bhutan. 



Cephalic Index. 



20 from 80 to 88 "9 

 6 „ 77-5 „ 79-9 

 9 „ 75 „ 77-5 

 2 at 72-9 and 74-2 



29 from 80 to 93"2 

 4 „ 78-1 „ 79-5 

 1 at 77-2 



9 from 80 to 91-2 

 5 „ 77-5 „ 79-9 

 4 „ 75 „ 77-5 

 1 at 72-6 



37, Mean of the series, 80'5 



34, Mean, 82-7 



19, Mean, 80 -2 





Nasal Index. 





9 from 81-1 to 90-3 



13 „ 70-3 „ 79-6 



14 „ 62-5 „ 70 



2 were 81-8 and 86 

 18 from 71-1 to 78-8 

 13 „ 61-8 „ 69-8 



1 was 58-4 



3 from 91-1 to 102-6 



6 „ 80 „ 86-9 



7 „ 70-1 „ 79-1 

 3 „ 64-8 „ 65-3 



19 



26 



34 



Nasio-Malar Index. 



13 from 110-1 to 113-3 



15 „ 107-9 „ 109-8 



6 „ 103-4 „ 107-4 



34 



10 from 110 to 112 

 13 „ 107-5 ,, 109-7 

 8 „ 103-2 „ 107-4 



31 



2 from 113-3 to 115 



5 „ 107-5 „ 109-4 



3 „ 105-8 „ 107-2 



10 



* The Tribes and Castes of Bengal, Anthropometric Data, vol. i. p. 273, e.s., Calcutta, 1891. 



