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hand) is there any significant difference between them. We may take it, 
then, that the people of Gods lake, in their physical proportions, resemble 
very closely the people of Island lake. 
If the eye now be carried down column three in which the Gods Lake 
and Oxford House men are compared, it will be seen that differences in 
features are well-marked in seven instances, as evidenced by the fact that 
in seven instances a difference is 3-0 or more times as great as its probable 
error; and that in two other instances (viz., sitting height index and facial 
index) the figure 3 is closely approached (2 • 7 and 2 • 9) or stated in terms 
of chances, that the odds are 14 to 1, and 19 to 1, respectively, in favour 
of the relative proportions of the length of the body to length of lower 
limb, and of length of face to width of face, being truly different as re- 
corded in the table of means. 
Now, let the second column, which deals with the Island Lake and 
Oxford House men, be reviewed. It will be found that in this column the 
figure 3-0 is exceeded in twelve different instances; in eight of the twelve 
instances 4-0 is equalled or exceeded, and in five of the twelve 6-0 is 
outdistanced. The Oxford House and Island Lake men, therefore, beyond 
all reasonable question differ from each other in five respects, if not in 
eight, very probably in twelve, and perhaps in more. 
It may, therefore, be said that of the twenty-five proportions and 
indices we have elected to measure and calculate, the Gods Lake men and 
women and the Island Lake men and women are very much alike in all 
but three; the Gods Lake and Oxford House men in all but seven or eight, 
and the Island Lake and Oxford House men in all but tw'elve or thirteen; 
or this may be expressed in other words by saying that it is reasonably 
certain that these bands differ from each other in 12 per cent, 30 per cent, 
and 50 per cent, respectively, of the features on which observations were 
made. 
Stature, The Indians wore either: (a) moccasins, or (b) rubbers, or (c) 
moccasins and rubbers; very few wore (d) boots. According to the type 
of footgear worn, either (a) 3 mm., or (b) 6 mm., or (c) 9 mm., or (d) 
12 mm., were deducted from the reading on the measuring rod, because 
experiment showed these to be the correct adjustments to make. 
The taking of the stature consumes more time and calls for more 
frequent readings than does any other proportion except the sitting height. 
Both are measurements over which the subject has control. If he does 
not keep his heels together and endeavour to stand erect, or, if standing 
erect, he throws his head back, an under-reading will be made; if he 
bends forward an over-reading will result. To ensure that both the sub- 
ject and the rod were vertical, two 8-inch plumb lines were attached to 
the top of the rod so that one hung down in front of it, and the other at 
its side. The interpreter exhorted the subject, who always stood on a 
level platform, to straighten himself. To manoeuvre an Indian into the 
position of ‘‘attention” is not easy. 
The Island Lake men are on an average 170 • 0 cm., or 66-9 inches, 
tall; the Oxford House men are 2-5 cm., or 1 inch taller. We might or 
might not have found, had we been able to measure a larger number of 
the men at Gods lake, that they w^ere slightly less tall than those at 
