MALES
-------+------------------------------------------------------------
| Right
+---------+--------+--------+--------+------+--------+-------
|Specimens| Length,|Breadth,|Height, |Module|Breadth-|Height-
|(pairs) | maximum|maximum | maximum| |length |length
| | [99] | [100] | [101] | |index |index
-------+---------+--------+--------+--------+------+--------+-------
| | _cm._ | _cm._ | _cm._ | _cm._| |
Average| (12) | 5.7 | 4.27| 3.27 | 4.41 | 74.9 | 57.4
Minimum| -- | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.05 | 4.41 | 70.7 | 54.7
Maximum| -- | 6.2 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 4.41 | 83.3 | 62.5
=======+=========+========+========+========+======+========+=======
| Left
+---------+--------+--------+---------+----------+--------
| Length, |Breadth,|Height, | Module | Breadth- | Height-
| maximum |maximum |maximum | (mean | length | length
| | | |diameter)| index | index
-------+---------+--------+--------+---------+----------+--------
| _cm._ | _cm._ | _cm._ | _cm._ | |
Average| 5.7 | 4.28 | 3.25 | 4.41 | 75.1 | 57.1
Minimum| 5.3 | 4.05 | 3.05 | — | 72.3 | 53.8
Maximum| 6.3 | 4.7 | 3.5 | — | 79.2 | 60.7
-------+---------+--------+--------+---------+----------+-------
FEMALES
-------+--------------------------------------------------------------
| Right
+---------+-------+--------+-------+------+--------+-------
|Specimens|Length,|Breadth,| Height |Module|Breadth-|Height-
|(pairs) |maximum|maximum |maximum| |length |length
| | [102] | [103] | [104] | |index |index
-------+---------+-------+--------+-------+------+--------+-------
| | _cm._| _cm._ | _cm._| _cm._| |
Average| (14) | 5.19 | 3.9 | 3 | 4.02 | 75 | 57.8
Minimum| -- | 4.7 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 4.02 | 70.5 | 54.4
Maximum| -- | 5.7 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.02 | 83.7 | 62.3
-------+---------+-------+--------+-------+------+--------+-------
| Left
+-------+--------+-------+---------+--------+-------
|Length,|Breadth,|Height,| Module |Breadth-|Height-
|maximum|maximum |maximum| (mean | length |length
| | | |diameter)| index | index
-------+-------+--------+-------+---------+--------+-------
| _cm._ | _cm._ | _cm._| _cm._ | |
Average| 5.22 | 3.93 | 3.03 | 4.06 | 75.2 | 58
Minimum| 4.8 | 3.6 | 2.7 | — | 69.9 | 52.8
Maximum| 5.7 | 4.15 | 3.4 | — | 83.7 | 61.5
-------+-------+--------+-------+---------+--------+-------
[99] Stem of calipers applied to lowest (most prominent) parts on
medial surface of the bone.
[100] Distal branch of calipers applied to lowest (most prominent)
parts on medial surface of the bone.
[101] On osteometric plane (Broca), all three lowest points of inferior
surface of the bone touching the vertical board while the square is
applied to the most prominent part of the bone from the opposite
direction.
[102] Stem of calipers applied to lowest (most prominent) parts on
medial surface of the bone.
[103] Distal branch of calipers applied to lowest (most prominent)
parts on medial surface of the bone.
[104] On osteometric plane (Broca), all three lowest points of inferior
surface of the bone touching the vertical board while the square is
applied to the most prominent part of the bone from the opposite
direction.
The results presented in this table would not be wholly satisfactory
without the possibility of comparing them with similar observations,
obtained by the same methods, on the bones of the whites. Such
comparative data, furnished in the next table, show a number of points
of considerable interest. In the first place, as with the calcaneus and
other parts of the skeleton, the Munsee bones are seen throughout to be
of more moderate dimensions than the bones of the whites. The module in
the latter is very perceptibly higher.
There are, however, also notable differences in the relative
proportions of the bones in the two races. Among the whites in both
sexes the astragalus is relatively longer and also higher than it is
among the Indians, as a result of which both of the indices of the bone
in the whites are lower. The differences in this respect are too large
and regular to be accidental.