the angle below the pubic articulation is more acute, and the
aperture narrower than in the European.
The structure of the same parts in the Bushman and Hottentot
race, is only known as yet by the skeleton of the female
who died at Paris, in 1815.# The shape of the pelvis in this
individual indicates in Dr. Vrolik’s opinion, the inferior con*
dition of the race, or its?: greater “ animality in comparison
even with the Negro.” In nxYindividual exempt from deformity
have th e ilia been observed: to assume so vertical a
direction. They are likewise. remarkable for their very great
height, in proportion to their breadth. The breadth is about
half an inch less than the pelvis of European females. The
height is, on the contrary, much more considerable th a n in
the la tte r: the ilia reach up beyond the level of the half of
the fourth lumbar vertebra, The distance between the t.wo
anterior and upper spines of the ilium is a quarter of an inch
less than in the smallest pelvis of the E g r e s s measured by
Hr. Vrolik, and nearly an inch iess_than the largest." The
lower anterior spines, which by the inclination of the surfaces
of the ilia in Negresses,, are turned more inwards than the
upper anterior spines, are here placed almost in a straight
line under the latter. These circumstances give to the pelvis^
a cylindrical form, which we have not observed in. any other
example. The spines of the ischia are so wide apart, that in
looking into the pelvis at an angle of forty-five degrees, their
points cannot be seen. As in the pelvis of the Negro the
transparent part is also wanting in the Bushman,\but: it appears
that less of the diploe exists in the latter, between the
inner-and outer bony plate. The sacrum is more - concave
from below upwards than in other females, and its basis pro*
“ La conforni^tion,” says M. Cuvier, « jap p a it d’abord par l’enorme larzun
de ses panches, qui „passait 18 poncés, et par la suillie de ses fisses, qui était de
plus d’un démi pied.” I t seems that this female had the peculiarity of conformation
so often remarked to be a character of the Bushman race. > « Elle tait sui:
tablier soigneusement caché, soit entre des cuisses, soit plus profondément : et ce
n’est qu’àrpres sa mort qu’on a sa qu’elle a possédait.”
In the description and figure of a female of the Bushman face, given by
G. Cuvier. Hist, Nat, des Mammifères, par F. Cuvier er Geoffroy St .-Hilaire.
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jects further into the pelvis. By its great convexity at
the posterior surface, a projection is formed by which it
seems to rise.'higher. This projection is increased by the
thickness of the bunches which surround the parabolic spaee
a t the lower and posterior part of the sacrum ; for by this
the lower and posterior -part of the sacrum becomes more
elevated at its point of junction with the os coceygis. The
great thickness of these bunches is probably designed to increase
the points,; of insertion for the thick fibres of the
cellular .tissue containing the mass of fat which, in the female
Bushman, covers the hips and haunches. The ischiadic
tuberosities are thicker and more knotty ; their lateral and
posterior surface is broader and more elevated than in any
other-female pelvis. The cotyloid ? cavities are turned ;more
backwards than in other females; by which the pubic articulation
is rendered more prominent before.^ The neck of
the? thigh-bonq/ is shorter than in Europeans and even than
in ’NegroeS)arid it has a more oblique direction. -The angle
under the pubic articulation is besides much greater than in
European females..
In proceeding next to the .description of the Javanese, Dr.
Yrolile points out the wide differences in moral and physical
circumstances which distinguish the conditions of the races
already mentioned from those of the Indian islanders* whence,
as he Says, it is a probable conjecture, that the physical characters
of these nations will be found to differ in a corresponding
degree. .1 shall cite his words.
<4^,Vivant dans -un climat dont la chaleur s’élève souvent
dans les régions montueuses, à un degré considérable, mais
ne .se change jamais en feu brûlant qui consume la terre ou
fait périr la végétation ; habitant un sol qui semble se rajeunir
chaque année et ne ceâsë jamais de communiquer, avec
richesse, les fruits de sa fertilité; se nourrissant surtout des
productions du pays que son industrie cultive et recueille
en abondance ; adorant un Etre Suprême, et tenu par là au
strictè accomplissement de ses devoirs; • il' jonit de tous les
avantages de la vie patriarchate ; tandis que son physique
et son-moral sont portés à un état de civilisation que nous