14^ APPE1«JD1X. 



ENGLISH. 



PATAGONIAN. 



The Arbutus 



amacoro. 



The Cranberry 



pileco. 



Barberry, drink made with the 



licone. 



ENGLISH. 



CHONOS. 



Good Deity 



yerrt yupon. 



Bad Spirit 



yaccy-ma. 



White Men of the Moon 



ciibba. 



No. 16. 



Remarks on the Structure of the Fuegians. 



The general form of the Fuegians is peculiar ; the head and body- 

 being particularly large, and the extremities unusually small : but the 

 feet are broad though short. This peculiarity, no doubt, is owing to 

 their mode of life : being a people who take little exercise, but sit con- 

 stantly huddled together in their canoes or wigwams ; the blood, the 

 source of nourishment, can only circulate freely, and must in greater 

 quantity, in the head and trunk, from the obstruction to its passage into 

 the limbs, owing to their bent position. From the same cause, the 

 want of exercise, this is the form of the Esquimaux and Laplanders. 



A man whom I examined was of the middle size, five feet seven 

 inches, and his muscular power about a medium ; the circumference 

 of the— 





Ft. 



in. 





Ft. 



In. 



Thorax ... 



3 



1 



Length of leg 



0 



17 



Abdomen 



2 



7 



of arm 





0 



Pelvis 



2 



5 



of fore-arm and hand 



0 



17 



Thigh 



1 



10 



from spine to ster- 







Calf of the leg 



1 



0 



num, externally ... 



0 



13 



Arm ... 





0 



same internally 



0 



10 



Fore-arm 



0 



11 



Breadth of thorax 



0 



13 



Length of the head from the 







of hypochondriac re- 







chin upwards 



0 



9 



gions 



1 



0 



Length of body, from the 







of pelvis between 







symphisis pubis to the top 







superior and spinous pro- 







of the stennuTi ... 



2 



0 



cesses 



0 



11 



Length of thigh 



0 



17 









