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Table III 
In this table the measurements and the indices of the three bands of 
Indians are contrasted. The figures in the table record the number of 
times the difference between two sets of measurements (or of indices) is 
greater than the probable error of that difference. No entry has been 
made where the difference is less than twice its probable error. A blank 
space, therefore, indicates that the two groups of Indians that are being 
compared closely resemble each other in the measurement (or index) the 
space represents. 
Measurement or index 
Males (aged 20-59 years) 
Females 
Island 
lake and 
Gods lake 
Island 
lake and 
Oxford 
House 
God.s lake 
and Oxford 
House 
Island 
lake and 
Gods lake 
Stature 
2-2 
31 
Arm stretch 
3-6 
2-6 
Arm stretch index 
2-2 
Sitting height 
2-9 
Sitting height index 
10-2 
2-7 
Cephalic index 
6-9 
41 
Glabella ad maximum 
Bi parietal 
2-3 
8-1 
3-8 
Bizygomatic 
40 
Cephalo-facial index 
4-6 
2-3 
Frontal minimum 
2-1 
2-3 
Menton-crinion 
Menton-nasion 
2-5 
2-4 
4-3 
Facial index 
3-4 
2-9 
Upper lip length 
3-1 
Nose height 
Nose width 
2-6 
40 
2-2 
Nasal index 
2-3 
Mouth length 
4-4 
4-9 

4-7 
Ear length 
3-3 
30 
Ear width 

Ear index 
31 
Hand length. 
Hand width 
8-8 
4-7 
4-2 
Hand index 
7-3 
4-2 
3-3 
In comparing the three bands with each other it will be borne in mind 
that the number of Gods Lake men examined (seventeen in all) is a small 
one from which to make deductions. We, nevertheless, seem warranted 
in saying that these Gods Lake men resemble the men of Island lake much 
more closely than they do those of Oxford House, for on casting the eye 
down the first column of table III it will be seen that in only three instances 
is a difference 3-0 or more times as great as its probable error. In other 
words, in only three features (viz., facial index, length of upper lip, and 
length of mouth) may it be taken as reasonably certain (the chances being 
22 or more to 1) that these features are definitely different in the two bands. 
How great or how small these mean differences are, the table of means, 
table il, will tell. Similarly, if the women of Gods lake and Island lake 
be compared, it will be seen that again in only three features (viz., the 
length of mouth, the width of hand, and the relative proportions of the 
