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suggest. The Semangs have* to some extent, the features, the hair, and the 
stature of Negritos, but their skulls show decided relationships to those of the 
dolichocephalic Indonesians ; while the Sakais are so mixed a race that their 
true affinities must be discussed at length to be elucidated. 
(D) Malayo-Siamese Skeletons 
It will not be necessary to describe the skeletons in such detail as the skulls, 
and the tables of measurements indicate with sufficient clearness which bones 
have been preserved in the case of each individual, the collection numbers 
referring to the same individuals as in the description of the skulls. 
Upper Limb , 
In five of the six adults in w r hich the upper limb is represented, the 
scapulae and clavicles are remarkably small and light, but in the male skeleton 
from Sai Kau they reach moderate dimensions. In every case the supra¬ 
scapular notch is fairly deep, and in No. 23 its narrowness gives it a 
pronounced character. The axillary border of the scapula is nearly straight, 
and the mean scapular index is distinctly lower than that of the jungle tribes, 
as may be seen by reference to the comparative table of indices at the end of 
the present part of this paper. There is an intercondylar foramen in both 
humeri of No. 26 and in the left humerus of No. 23. The mean radio- 
humeral index is approximately the same as in the case of the four Semang 
and Sakai specimens, but it would very possibly have been somewhat higher 
in the latter, had it not been for the inclusion of one individual in whom this 
index was apparently abnormal. 
Lower Limb. 
The lower limb, and especially the tibia, exhibits in almost every particular 
those modifications associated with the squatting attitude by Professors 
A. Thomson 1 and Havelock Charles . 4 Apart from these, the pilastered 
condition of the femur is present in a more or less pronounced degree in each 
of the seven adult skeletons in which the bone is represented, while in the 
child's femur from Lampam (No. 31) there are indications that it would have 
been strongly developed in adult life ; in the infant’s skeleton (No. 30) there 
is no trace of it. It is most pronounced in a female (No. 24), being feeble 
in a Malay male (No. 21) and a Siamese female (No. 26). Platymery is 
fairly well marked in Nos. 26 and 27, distinctly less so in Nos. 23 and 24, 
and barely indicated in the other specimens, including the two children, I 
have not given the measurements that are believed by many anthropologists 
I. yourtt . Aunt. and Phys^ vol. XXIII, pp. 616-639, 1889. 
1. Ibid , vol. XXVIII, pp. I-18, 272-180, 1893. 
