7.V SUMATRA. 



The malar bones are nnn-ovr vertically, flattened anteriorly, and curve 

 abruptly bacrkwards, which gives that marked prominence at ttie malar 

 point so well seen in the ilraAvings by filr. Forbes. The nasi-malar angle 

 of No. 1 skull is 143^, and of the other 140^ 



The alveolar index of the two skulls is very similar, being in No. 1, 

 and i)8'8 in No. ± They are therefore on the IwRler-laiid. fignratively 

 speaking, between orthognathoua and mesognnlhous. 



The palato-maxilUiry index of No. 1 is 12C, and of No. 2, 120-4, 

 measaring the lenirtli and breadtli of this region according to Professor 

 Flower's plan. The palate is comparatively flat The teeth are in good 

 condition, small in size, and little worn. In No. 1 the two upper incisors 

 have been lost during life. 



The relation of tlie breadth of the middle portion of the face, from the 

 alveolar iK)int to the nasion, to the bi-zygomatie breadth f the latter being 

 taken as 100), is as 52-5 and 53-9 to 100 in the two skulls Tes(K)OtiTely. 

 This is the mid-facial index of Kolmann, and shows a very close similarity 

 in the two skulls. 



The different measurements of the mandible show great similarity. 

 The chief point to be noted in this bone is theobtuseness of the symphesial 

 angle, which is 84° in the one, and 88° in the other skuU, indicating a 

 much more vertical chin than obtains generally in Em^opeans. 



The pelvis not being artictilated, J was unable to ascertain all the 

 measuremenis which should he taken, but I measixrud the transverse and 

 antero-posterior diameter of the brim, which are undoubtedly tfae meet 

 important dimensions. The transverse diameter of the brim measured 

 J 77 mm., and the antero-posterior diameter 122, which gives a pelvio 

 index (taking the transverse diameter as 100) of 104-3. The intfex of 

 forty-nine European female pelves, measured by Vemeau and myself, 

 was 79 0 ; while that of thirt^n Andamanese, measured by myself, was 

 96 2. Tlie antero-ix>sterior length in comparison to the transverse 

 breadth of the brim in this Kubu woman's pelvis ia extreme ; indeed I 

 have never seen or measured a pelvis of so exa^erated a type, approach- 

 ing in form nearly to that of the anthropomorphous apew. The great 

 antero-posterior length of this specimen ia due chiefly to the straightness 

 of the sacrum. It is extremely desirable that additional epecimcna 

 fihoold be procured, so as to ascertain whether such a form of pelvis is 

 normal in this race. 



The scapular index, or the ratio of the breadth of the scapula to the 

 length, the latter being taken as 100, is 72"95 in the Kubu, in the 

 Europeans (Flower and myself) 65*2, in Negroes (Broca) 68-16, and in 

 Andamanese (Flower) 69'8. 



The limb bones are slender; the index obtained by comparieon of the 

 upper and lower limba with each other — the inter-membral index, or the 

 length of the humerus and radius adiled together— compared with that 

 of the femur and tibia (the latter being taken as 100), is 70. This index 

 in Europeans measured by Professors Broca and Flower was found to be 

 69 2 and 69*73 respectively ; in Negroes Broca ascertained it to be 68*27 ; 

 and in nineteen Andamanese Flower found it to be 68'3. 



This high index shows an approximation in the proportions of the limbs 

 of the Kubufl to those of the anthropoid apes, and indicates that the 

 length of the upper limb is considerably grtrater in proportion tlian that 

 of the lower as compared to what obtains in Europeans. In the Negro 

 and the Andamanese, on the other hand, the upper hmh is proportion- 

 ately shorter than the lower. 



The femoro-humeral index, or the ratio of the humemfi to the femur, 

 the latter being taken as lOO, is 75 2. In twenty Europeans measured 



