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1. Nicobarian*. 4. Malays . — Eight skulls, six of men and four of women, afford 
one of the highest means among the Oceanic Races, viz. 47*07 oz., or 1334 grms. of 
brain-weight. This might have been anticipated for such a bold and enterprising race 
who have pushed their migrations, chiefly for commercial purposes, over almost the 
whole Ocean. 
5. BanJcans. 7. Madurans\. 12. Tidorese. — These three races are represented by 
skulls of men only, and hence their mean brain-weights are considerable — 53*36 oz., or 
1512 grms., 50*79 oz., or 1439 grms., and 50*28 oz., or 1425 grms. 
6. Javans$. — The Collection which has afforded the materials for this Memoir is rich 
in crania from the Dutch dominions in the East Indian Archipelago. It should be 
observed that among these the skulls of men predominate. Hence the higher means 
which prevail among the races of these islands. 
Among the remaining Islands of the Pacific there are two markedly different brain- 
weights to be observed, of which examples may be noted here. 
29. Marquesan Islanders. 30. Kanakas. — These peoples are represented by a tole- 
rably fair number of each sex. The former in 16 skulls of men give a mean brain-weight 
of 47*80 oz., or 1355 grms., and among 11 skulls of women, a mean of 43*20 oz., or 1224 
grms; the mean of the whole 16 being 46*56 oz., or 1319 grms. Of the Kanakas, or 
Sandwich Islanders, there are 67 crania of men, affording a mean brain-weight of 47*89 oz, 
or 1357 grms., and 54 of women, with a mean of 43*78 oz., or 1241 grms. ; the mean of 
the entire series being 45*97 oz., or 1303 grms. If we suppose these to be represen- 
tatives of the more highly endowed of the islanders of this vast Ocean, others might be 
selected to exhibit the less favoured races. Among these are — 1. Nicobarian. 15. Kayaks. 
17. Negritos. 18. Oolean. 20. Salomon Islanders. 23. New Hebrideans. In some of 
these, as the Nicobarian, the Negritos and the Oolean, male skulls alone produce a very 
low brain-weight, as 40*35 oz., or 1143 grms. for the first, 40*53 oz., or 1149 grms. for 
the next, and 42*13 oz., or 1194 grms., for the third. In others a great preponderance 
of the skulls of men raises the brain-weight to only a low mean ; as the Dayaks, where 
there are three-fourths of the skulls those of males, the general mean is 44*08 oz., or 
1249 grms. The Salomon Islanders offer the same proportion of the sexes, and the 
mean of the series is 44*15 oz., or 1251 grms. Among the New Hebrideans nine out 
of ten of the skulls are those of men, yet the mean brain-weight of the series only rises 
to 43*92 oz., or 1245 grms. 
* The mean stature of 51 Nicobar Islanders, men, was found by Dr. Weisbach to be 1668 milbms., i. e. 
5 feet 5-7 inches. The brain-weight of the individual in the Table was only 40-35 oz. 
t Dr. Weisbach found the stature of 4 Maduran men to be 1625 millims., or 5 feet 4-1 inches. This is an 
evidence that, although, as a general rule, the brain is found to be small in people of short races, yet it is not 
by any means uniformly so. In truth, this and other similar facts show that the size of the brain, like most 
other human peculiarities, is a race-character. 
+ Dr. A. Weisbach found the average stature of 9 Javan men to he 1679 millims., or 5 feet 6 inches, that of 
8 Javan women 1461 millims., or 4 feet 9-6 inches. 
