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Show 280 TIIE CRANIAL CHARACTERISTICS ln. fom1o 6crn s6c do ln. rnoino nrtRn.lo ot los n.iles 6lt1rgios du noz, II\ grandeur de II\ bonche, 1'6p11iss m· dos lovros, l'nppl"lronte obliquit6 des ycux, ln. chovcluro roido, o.bondflnto, d'un noir brun!Uro ou timul sur lo raux, l'opo.i ssour des souroils, 11"1 mrot6 de In bn.rbo, ot enfin un toinl ooulour do from ont, rougo j r1unl1lt·o, lc~ font r ocounnttr , nu premier llbord, po111' des 11Murols du nord ot do l'A sio. Co typo so rotrouvo chor. lu. plup1ut dos Cor6ons quo nous avons vus, ot ils oonvionnont oux mllmos quo o'ost colni qui distinguo lo mi oux lour nation." IIo proceeds to express his conviction of the co-oxistcneo of two distinct Ly]J s in this r g ion. Of tho trib s of tho Trans-Gangetic or Indo- biucso Peninsul a, the Mortonian collection contains bnt ono r r rcscntative-a ~ochiii Chineso from 'l'uron Bay (No.l527)-which app ars to me a.rLiJJ cially dcfor·m 'U. I am therefore unable, at pres ' nt., to arrive at any c1 'l 'l'mination of their cranial ty]Jo. }fiNLAYSON dcscriucs those tribes in the following manner: "'l'ho fr1co is romrtrlmbly broo.d and flat; tho cl1ook-bonos prominent, 11\rgo, sproo.ding, 1\nd gently rouHdcd; tho glu.bollum is fl !1t, n.nd unusuo.lly ln.rgo; tho oycs nrc, in genom!, srn rtll; tho n.porturo of tho oyolids, modol'lltoly linou.r in the lndo- 'hiu oso Hati ons r1nd lhu Mo.lo.ys, is tloutoly so iu tho Chinoso, bending upwrwds at its outer ond; tho lowor jaw is long, and romu.r·ko.bly full under tho zygomn., so ns to give to tho countontwco a squo.1·o n.ppe1u·n.nco; tho nose is rn.thor smr11l tbnn flo. t, tho aloo not being distended in any uncommon dogroo; in a gt'Otlt numbor of Mnlu.ys, it is largest townrds its point; tho mouth is lnrgo, and tho lips thick ; tho bc1Hd is r omrtrkl\bly sco.nty, consistin g only of' n. few strnggling ho.irR; tho forohend, tl10ngh broo.d in n.lu.tcrnl direction, is in gcncml nnn·ow, n.nd tho htliry sco.lp comes down very low. 'l'ho hoad is peculiar; tho anto1·o-postcriot· din.motor boiug unoommooly short, the gonort\l form is mthor oylindrico.l; tho occipital foro.m en is often pln.cod ~o fn.r bu ck lhnt from tho crowtt to tho n11po of tho neck is nou.rly n. stmi ght lin o. 1'ho top of tho head is often vory flat. 'l'ho ho.ir is t.hiok, conrso, n.ud lo.ok; its color iij nlways bln.ck." J6t Dr. RuscrmNDEROER thus describes tho Siamese: "'L'ho forohond is llltl'l'OW 1\t lho superior pnrt, lho fflco between tho ohook-bonos broad, and t.ho chin is ngnin nn.t·1·ow, RO thnt t.ho wholo contour is mthor lozongo-shnpcd thnn ovul. Tho eyes n.ro romBrknblo for tho upper lid boiug oxtondod below tho under ono 1\t tho c01·n r r noxt to tho nose ; but it iH not olongalod like thBt orgrto in tho Chinoso or 'l'artar 1·ncos. The oycs a1•o do.rk or bl11ck, rtnd tho white is dirty, or of o. yellowish tint. Tho nostrils oro brand, but tho noso is not flnttonod, like that of tho Africnn. 'l'hc mouth is nol well formctl tho lips pt:ojoctiug slig~ttly; .and it i.s o.lwrtys di sfi gurocl, according to our notions of boauty: by tho untvorsn.l and d1Rgustwg hnb1t of oh owing arecfl-nut. 1'ho hn.ir is j ot blnck, ronitcnt n.nd conrso, o.lmost bri stly, nnd is worn in n. tuft on tho top of the hand, nbout fonr inclJ OS in din.moto1·,. tho rest being Hhl\vod or clipped very close. A few scflttol'ing h11irA, which sc~trcoly mer1t the nn.mo of bon.rd, grow upon the chin o.nd upper lip, and those they 0118_ tomu.rily pluok out. "'l'he occipit11l portion of tho bond is nenrly vortiofll, and, oornpnrod with tho nntorior and sincipital divi sions, vory small; 1\rtd I romnrked, wl11\t I hu.vo not soon in flny otb o1• thnn in some ancient Poruviu.n skulls from PnchMI\mi\C, tl111t tho lo.toml htllvos of tho hc:~d aro not symmotricn.l. In tho rogion of firmness tho skull is very prominent· this is remu.rk-ably true of tho tu.ll\poins." 142 ' 161 Embrts~y to Sin.m o.nd IIuo, p. 280. 16~ A Voyu.go Round the World; including A.n Embo.ssy to Muscat and Sirtm. DyW. S. W. Rusohonborgor, M.D. Philu.da., 1888, p 209. OF TilE RACE S OF JlfEN. 281 NEAT, (Residence in the K ingdom of Siam) assur s us lh aL the iam<:t;O diller in tl1 oir phyHi ·al ol1am<:t rs from nll th rrlll'I'OUndiJIO' 11ati ns. .A c ·ordin O' to MoRTON, among th inhabitants of ochin- ' l1ina, OJ' Ann am, "the g 'neral form of tho f'neo is r01md, so th at tl1 two diamet r·s arc nearly equnl. Th ' for 'h acl is Rl1ort an<l brond, bn t the occipital portion of tho h ad is mor I ngnt d than in tho people of Siam. Tho ·hin is large and broad; tho board griRly an<l thin, tho hair opiouA, om·sc, nnd hl ac·k; tLc nose small, bnt well form d, and th lips mocl cmtcly tl1i ck." B:LAN liAJtD a ll11d s to tl1c i11habita nts of Malacca, and tl10 f'ormA of th eir ·rania, in Llrc foll owing t erms : "La populrLtion do M11lnccn, du 1·cs tc, comma collo des il R do Ia Sonde, n'ost pns homoghno; il y on a uno p1t rlio qui J11'6~ontc uno civili sr~ li o n rtnaloguo 1\ cello des 1\l n.ln iM; il y en u. 11nc nutro, fol'lll()o do tribus in c11ltcA, q11i l1nbito los f'orOtR .do l'intcr·i ur du prtys. J.os tOtes dos nn,lu1·cls de Mnl11ccn J·opr6sent6cs dnns 1'r1tlns rlo M. Durnouti cr 110 snumi cnt Otr·o rn,pp1·oclt6os iudifl'6rommont do toutcs ccllcs quo 110u8 n.vons d6critcs des lrt~bil 1111t s do la1 Mu.ltLisio. "VncH p1w dcvn.nt, co sont des fo.ocs oourtos oommo clroz tous los pouplcs des J'nocs malnisos. Mnis ici il n'y u. )JI\S co tta amplour tlu ool·onrd ot dos pnri6ttwx que nous nvons signnlcc chez lo nn.tuJ·ol d'Am boin o, r cpnSscnt6 du.ns notro u.Uas, ui chez lo Duglais do Ouadj ou, ni clroz lcs nnlurels des Philippines. " Chez uos indivitlus tlo J\1 n.lnccn, l'on obaorvo anasi un plus gmnd d6vcloppcment doa OR mrtxill:tires, ot l'on retrouve rLiuHi co tto forme V. c ote~ pnmllcles quo nous avo n ~ Vtt si fr6- qucmrn ont d n n ~ los types p1·6c6donnnont dccrits. "M. Uumout.i cr 1\ pl nc<l los tOtes de nnlurcla do Mfllo oo n. SUI' lo. memo phtn ch quo lo nrtlnrcl rl' i\rnn o ub ltll~ de 1'11o do 'J'imo•· ; 1rous no croyons pns qu'il foillo veuir ohorchcr ioi uno r ossombl1\l1CO bi en g1·rtml o. Dnns lr1 tO to dn 'l'im ol'i on, lo front oat pluH bns ot Jl iiiH lnq.(o vot·s lo h r~11t, lu. pnrtio pos t61'icuro de ln tllto est plus t11longco, los mn.xillttit·cs sont plus n.vnn <:CH, oto. " Ccs hommcs de Mn.ln ocn r os'sombl ont, ou ooHfmil·o. d'nno mn.nict·o frnppBnto, nu Dughis de l'Etat do Sidon ring clont il11 6t6 ques ti on plus liiLut. " 'oat In rnumo f'1tco, co ul'l o, 1woc lc coroll[tl ctroit, peu 61ov6, r cj ct6 on urri oro, d6prim6 1\n-dcssus des nr crtdcs BOUI'cili orcs ; so ul oment ch cr. lc Dughia il y 11 uno ton<h1ncc on pcu plus rrt lll'quoo V. lu. forma p y mmi d ~tl o . Lcs npophysos zy g om a tiqu o~ sont do 1nemo cx trcmomcnt sttill11nt cs ; 1o mn.xill n.it·o Rnp6t·iour est lr1rgo et court , Rl\nS l'Otro o.utnnt 1'}110 eht·z Jo IHitt ll·cl do 6lchoA, ot lo rnnxilhtil·o inf61·icur est n.11 sRi f'o1·l ln.rgo. Enfin chez lcs uns ct los o.utr .s 111 •·6gion postct·iourc u'ost quo pou 6t<·1Hiuo on nni oro. ":Bn r6Htun 6, it n'cst pr1s doutcux quo lc HughiH t' pr6scnt6 dnns l'o.tlns de M. Dumouticr ct l c~ individnH do Mnlnccu. npp1u·ti onuont t\ In memo t'l\00. Lo f11it CJIIO nons couHtntons ir:i dovi onl uno grnudo prouvo 1\ l'ltpplti do l'opini on li'OH- rcpn.ndllo pt1l'Hii los cthn ogrnpl1 c8 qno los 13ughiH so11 tl os rl oKOC IHirllltR cl ' itulividus origi11niros du contin ent. Co qui j ctto t~ uj O III 'R d11nR un g1·ond ombrtrrns, c'ost lr1 divcrsit6 des types obsorv6s sw· la. plupt~rt des polllts cl ll In Mnlo.isio ot dllllS los divers cndroits du ooulinout indi ou." lllil 103 Op. cit., pp. 220- 2. |