. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. what by theslenderness of limb, is still more marred by the large extremities. Thehand is broad and long, the fingers are relatively long as those of theCaucasian, the nails are peculiarly thick and strung, and the skin is sothick and calloused as to give a clumsy look to the entire organ; the feetare still larger and thicker-skinned, appearing disproportionately longand broad for even the heroic stature of the tallest warriors. The integu-ment covering the feet, ankles, and lower legs is incre
. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. what by theslenderness of limb, is still more marred by the large extremities. Thehand is broad and long, the fingers are relatively long as those of theCaucasian, the nails are peculiarly thick and strung, and the skin is sothick and calloused as to give a clumsy look to the entire organ; the feetare still larger and thicker-skinned, appearing disproportionately longand broad for even the heroic stature of the tallest warriors. The integu-ment covering the feet, ankles, and lower legs is incredibly firmand hard,more resembling that of horse or camel than the ordinary human type; The plioto-meoliauical reproiluctions ilo but meager jiislice to the splendid chest development ofthe Seri, youug anil old; for tliey were not only at semisomuolent rest during the hotter hours atwhiell photography was most feasihle, but iuvariahly ([uaikd before the mysterious apparatus andcrouehed slirinkingly in such wise as to contract their chests and lose their habitually erect andexi)ausive carriage. 1.
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