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the wings of this organ seeming to rise out of the face like 
orifices covered with flaps. They have a somewhat brachy- 
BXJSHMAN PAINTINGS 
cephalic shape of head and prognathous jaws, with the hair 
tufted in woolly curling islets on the skull, showing bare spaces 
of scalp shining between the agglomerated lumps of wool. 
The skin is yellow, occasionally pitted with small black spots, 
and the limbs delicate in appearance, generally possessing 
large joints, which make up by increased leverage for the 
apparent want of muscle. The absurd characteristic amongst 
the females of these tribes is the enormous development of the 
gluteal regions, which assume proportions I leave the reader to 
form an opinion of for himself from the illustration (p. 183) 
taken from a photo herewith published. 
There is a peculiarly interesting circumstance connected with 
these Bushmen that has caused much speculation amongst the 
white inhabitants of South Africa. On the bare exposed walls, 
