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Broca and Flower it is 72"-45, in eixteen Negroes (Brooa) 69*79, and in 

 nineteen Aiidaraftneae (Flower) 69*8. In tMs index also the variation 

 IB the Knbus from the Europeans is in an ojipoBite direction to that of 

 the Ne^oea and the Andamftnese. 



The femoro-tihial index, or the mtio of the fihia to the femur, the 

 latter teiag taken aa 100^ is 807 in the Knbu, 82-1 in the European 

 (Plower), 84:'7 in th© Negro (Humphrey), and 84'5 in the Andamanese 

 (Flower). 



The humero-radial index, or the length of the radius compared to the 

 humems, the latter lieing taken as lifO, is 74*1, in Europeans (Broca and 

 Flower) 73'9, in Negroes (Broca) 1^% and in AudamauesM (Flower) 81'0, 



Ittlaticns of the KubuB to other Races^ 



I have already said that on comparing the two skulls side hy side, one 

 is struck with the close resemblance they liear to one hnother. There is 

 quite as close a resemblance between these two skulls as exists between 

 AndaraanoKe skills, Stich a condition oecarriag in a eafficiently large series 

 would indicate purity of mce, or at least isolation for a long period of 

 ycfiTS. Unfortunately the nnml^er of Kubu skulls before us is not 

 sufficiently large to justify very defijiite statements regarding them, 

 though I think sufficient to answer one question which presents itself 

 to ufi for solutii)n ; namely, as to what race the Kubus are allied — whether 

 they possess Negrito or Malayan affinities. The character of the hair, 

 the form of the nosOj the various characters of the sknll, aiid the pro- 

 portion of the limb bones show that they cannot have any near affinity 

 to tlie Negrito race found in various parts of the Indo- Malayan Archi- 

 pelago, but tliat they are decidedly Malays, and therefore Mongoloid, 

 The high nasi-malar angle, the high and broad face, the flat forehead 

 owing to altsenco of all glabellar and superciliary ridge«, the slight sub- 

 glaljeltar nasal depresaions, and the nomadic life they lead, are all highly 

 characteristic of tb.c Mongolian race. 



The frizzle in the liair seen in the drawings by Mr. Forljcs is probably 

 to Iw accounted for by their having at some remote peritxl interminglea 

 slightly with tkb Negrito i)eople, possibly dnring their migration 

 Bonthward. There la, however, evidence that they have for a long period 

 been isolated from the other surrounding inhabitants of the island, and 

 that by absence of infusion of fresh blood they have com© to resemble one 

 another so closely that they now po^esa certain definite chaiacterifitics of 

 a more or less stable nature. It is, however, very desirable that these 

 observations should be extended by a study of a larger quantity of 

 material from which to gather information than has Ixsen at my disposal 

 In the meantime we have to thank Mr. Forbes for the trouble he has been 

 at to secure what must be considered a very valuable addition to our 

 specimena illustrating the osteologj of the Indo-5Ialayan Archipelago. 

 ^Frora the Journal of the Anthropological Institute for November, 



