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FASCICULI MALATENSES 
Height of Nose. In deference to the opinion of Sir William Turner, 
to whose suggestion it is due that the measurements were taken, we have 
adopted the term ‘ height of nose ’ for that measurement which is frequently 
called the { length.’ It is taken from the nasion to the point where the septum 
of the nose joins the upper lip. 
Body Segments. These measurements, with the exception of the 
‘ malleolar height,’ are indirect, being deduced from the total height, height 
to chin, height to sternal notch, and the sitting and kneeling heights. By 
< malleolar height,’ we understand the height from the ground of the centre 
of the internal malleolus. It should be noted that in the case of the 1 inter- 
crural index,’ the indirect method by which the length of the various segments 
of the limbs are obtained, magnifies the initial error of observation, so that the 
result is only qualitative. 
Length of Upper Limb. This is a projection between a point slightly 
below the acromion and the tip of the middle finger. The length of the 
cubit is taken when it is flexed on the upper arm, and the length of the hand 
is the distance between the centre of a line joining the styloid processes and 
the tip of the middle finger. The length of the upper-arm and fore-arm are 
deduced from these measurements. This method is that recommended in 
the ‘ Anthropological Notes and Queries ,’ but certainly gives results that do 
not represent the true relations between the different parts of the upper limb. 
A direct height, taken at the elbow, would be far preferable, though the points 
of measurement would be more difficult to obtain. 
Breadth of Shoulders. This is not the breadth at the acromion, but the 
maximum breadth of the body when the arms are hanging vertically against 
the sides and the feet pressed together. 
Breadth at Hips. This is really the breadth of the body, at the level of 
the head of the femur. In the case of savages it was taken as a rule on the 
bare skin ; in that of clothed persons we have deducted three millimetres 
only, as the clothing was always thin, being drawn tight while the measure- 
ment was being taken. 
Owing to the loss of part of a note-book, schedules containing the measure- 
ments of some thirty-five individuals have disappeared. About twenty of these 
were Malays of Upper Perak, and no record of them remains ; the rest were 
Semangs and Sakais, and in their case the statures and some of the principal 
indices had been copied out into another part of the book. We have thought 
it best to put these statures and indices on record, though all details regarding 
them, except the sex and the fact that the individuals were adult, have been lost. 
We have indicated, however, that it is impossible to check these indices 
by the use of Roman instead of Arabic figures in referring to them. 
