THE ABORIGINES OF TASMANIA. 



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South Africa. 



This part of the continent is occupied by races of dark-skinned, woolly-haired 

 aborigines (fig. 14). I am indebted to Dr Ian Raubenheimer, from South Africa, 

 a graduate of the University, for a number of specimens of the hair of Bushmen, 

 Hottentots and Kaffirs, which had been cut from the heads of living persons. 



Fig. 14.— Bush. 



Bushman.- — No. 1. A black, single compact lock 3'6 cm. long, which stretched to 

 5 cm. (2 inches) ; its greatest breadth was only 2 mm. and it had a wavy outline. It 

 was composed of hairs closely coiled on each other and spirally arranged (figs. 15, 32). 



No. 2. Bushwoman. — A number of short locks loosely aggregated, which when 



Fig. 15. — Bush, partly matted, partly separate locks. 



drawn asunder measured from 1'5 to 2 cm. in length and 3 to 4 mm. broad. The 

 individual hairs were spirally wound in the lock, and the collective arrangement 

 formed a mat of hair in which the spiral locks could be recognised (fig. 15). 



No. 3. From an old Bushwoman. A similar mat-like arrangement of short locks, 

 the constituent parts of which were formed of spirally coiled hairs, whose free ends 

 were to some extent intertwined. The colour was greyish brown, obviously from 

 senile changes. 



