AN ACCOUNT OK THE WPLI) TRIBES 



Eiijl>as8) to Cliiiia, passed by Malarcii in 

 i8/ir», I iiUcndetl to show to him ihv. skulls 

 ol" sonu' dead Jakuns, as 1 knew his pecu- 

 liar knowlrrlfjc in natural history^ and as 

 he has collected skulls of very numerous 

 civilised nations and wild tribes, 1 doubled 

 not that the inspection of the Jakun s skull 

 would have enabled him to say from what 

 branch of mankind they spring, or at leasi 

 to give satisfactory probabibties on lhat sub- 

 ject ; hut the difUculty of procuring such a 

 specimen prevented me from a means of 

 mformfdion, froirnvhirb 1 had ho]»ed much 

 iiglit might bnve l»een t brown upon the 

 subject. 



PII¥S1CAL APPEARANCE AND CONSTITUTION. 



There is a remarkable difference in the 

 physical appearance of the several classes 

 of Jakuns, Those of ^laiacca are generally 

 as tall as tin* common run ol" liuropeans; 

 tlie\ are moi'e <laii than anv other- of the 



