96 
THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
by Polynesians who migrated there some generations ago, but the three crania in the 
Natural History Museum in Paris from this island are said by MM. de Quatrefages and 
Hamy to be strongly Papuan in character, and to have a mean breadth index 68 '2 and 
a mean height index 71 '9. 
The New Hebrides, Bcmlcs’s Islands, and the Santa Cruz Islands form a very extensive 
archipelago to the north of New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. They are inhabited 
by people varying in stature, physiognomy, and colour of skin ; some having strong 
Papuan characters, but others presenting modifications which point to an intermixture of 
races. The Eev. George Turner describes the men of Tanna as having less of the negro 
cast of countenance than some of the other Papuans, but their hair is frizzled ; the Erro- 
Table XYII. — South Sea Islanders. 
r 
1 
Collection, . . -| 
1 
l 
Loyalty Islands. 
New Hebrides, Erromanga. 
Malli- 
collo. 
Solomon Islands. 
Rubiana. 
Ellice 
group. 
Hudson 
Island. 
F.C.C. 
Mare. 
Mare. 
F.C.C. 
Kowiowi. 
F.C.C. 
No. 2. 
F.C.C. 
No. 3. 
Dr. H.' 
E.U. 
A.M. 
E.U. 
A.M. 
Head. 
E.U. ' 
A.M. 
Head. 
Age, .... 
Adult. 
10. 
Aged. 
Ad. 
Ad. 
Ad. 
Ad. 
Aged. 
Sex, .... 
M. 
F. ? 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M.? 
M. 
F. 
Cubic capacity, 
1556 
1400 
1425 
1378 
Glabello-occipital length, 
193 
181 
194 
184 
194 
183 
175 
180ap 
188a^> 
188 
Ophryo-oceipital ,, 
Basi-bregmatic height, 
189 
181 
192 
181 
187 
182 
173 
187 
139 
133 
138 
138 
136 
142 
141 
Vertical Index , 
72 
73-5 
71 
75 
74S 
81 
75 
Minimum frontal diameter, . 
93 
92 
102 
98 
100 
100 
100 
100 
Stephanie ,, 
105 
106 
108 
114 
124 
110 
114 
116 
Asterionic ,, 
Greatest parietal breadth, 
112 
105 
110 
108 
114 
115 
132s 
12 6p 
136s 
132 
152s 
132 p 
132s 
130 
132 
144jo 
Cephalic Index, 
68- i 
69-6 
70 
72 
78 
72 
75'4 
72 
70 
76-6 
Horizontal circumference, 
529 
495 
560 
544 
512 
498 
533 
Frontal longitudinal arc, 
127 
128 
122 
133 
138 
121 
123 
134 
Parietal ,, ,, 
150 
142 
138 
136 
127 
138 
130 
134 
Occipital ,, ,, 
122 
108 
120 
106 
114 
110 
132 
Total ,, ,, 
399 
378 
380 
375 
373 
363 
400 
Vertical transverse arc, 
303 
290 
302 
305 
312 
332 
Length of foramen magnum, 
35 
35 
36 
35 
34 
34 
32 
Basi-nasal length, 
103 
94 
110 
104 
104 
108 
104 
Basi-alveolar length, 
106 
96 
106 
103 
116 
Gnathic Index, 
103 
102 
96ap 
99 
107 
Interzygomatic breadth, 
132 
114 
137 
136 
134 
Intermalar ,, 
115 
102 
120 
126 
116 
124 
124 
Ophryo-alveolar length, 
85 
81 
85 
90 
84 
81 
Naso-alveolar ,, 
66 
58 
65 
65 
66 
65 
Facial Index, 
64 
71 
62 
59 
Nasal height, 
49 
45 
53 
48 
47 
47 
50 
Nasal width, . 
24 
22 
28 
28 
24 
25 
25 
Nasal Index, . 
49 
49 
53 
50 
53 
53 
Orbital width, 
38 
33 
42 
40 
38 
39 
40 
41 
Orbital height, 
34 
34 
34 
30 
32 
34 
29 
33 
Orbital Index, 
89 
103 
83 
75 
84 
87 
72-5 
80 
Palato-maxillary length, 
59 
51 
59 
59 
64 
50 
Palato-maxillary breadth, 
63 
59 
67 
60 
63 
67 
64 
Palato-maxillary Index, 
107 
115 
107 
108 
128 
fSymphysial height . 
33 
25 
33 
30 
Coronoid ,, 
67 
57 
81 
66 
's 
Condyloid ,, 
63 
52 
76 
60 
p 
Gonio-symphysial length, 
Intergonial width, 
101 
87 
89 
101 
o 
95 
71 
99 
88 
h-3 
l Breadth of ascending ramus, 
45 
40 
36 
46 
