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In addition to these specimens were some tufts of hair from children, which con- 

 sisted of short, spirally curled locks about 25 mm. long, but capable of being stretched 

 to about 35 mm. Their free ends were to some extent intermingled with each other. 

 The colour was deep brown, almost black. 



A cutting of hair marked " Bastard Hottentot," from a boy, set. 3, was included 

 in the collection. It was not formed of curly spiral locks, but consisted of almost 

 straight hairs 3 to 4 cm. Ions and dark brown in colour. The Bastards are the 

 children of mixed black and white parents. 



Kaffirs. — A specimen from a woman, set. 35. It consisted of fine, short, com- 

 pact, spirally curled locks, the hairs of which were to some extent intermingled so 

 as to form a loosely aggregated mat. The locks were black and more slender than 

 in the adult negro (fig. 18). Three specimens of the hair of children from ten months 



Fig. 18. — Kaffir locks of hair. 



to three years of age were also received ; their character and arrangement closely 

 corresponded to that of the woman. 



The Kaffir hair from its short, spirally curled locks and their close arrangement 

 should without doubt be classed as woolly (fig. 17). The Hottentots, on the other 

 hand, had relatively long hair, capable of being artificially plaited into ornamental locks, 

 an example of which as above recorded was about 12 inches long (fig. 16). They are 

 not regarded as a pure race. 



Negritos. 



Pygmy or dwarf races, shy in their habits, living in small communities and dis- 

 tinguished by short stature, black or brown-black skins, woolly hair, brachycephalic 

 or mesaticephalic skulls, are met with in some tropical countries. 



Andaman Islanders. — Surgeon Brander, medical officer at Port Blair, stated * 

 that they shaved the head, the operation being performed by women, who used their 

 milk as a shaving soap. Locks of hair are therefore somewhat difficult to obtain, 

 and the Museum possesses only two specimens of brownish-black hair, the longer 



* Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin., vol. x. p. 415, 1880. 



