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Report of the Philippine Commission to the President
Report of the Philippine Commission to the President Author:United States Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: PART II. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RACES INHABITING THE PHILIPPINES. CHAPTER I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS. Among the various inhabitants of the Philippine... more »s it is certain that the Negritos alone present well-marked racial characteristics hy which it is easy to separate them from all the rest, although one can not fail to note in them certain indications of the inevitable influence of the. other races which have invaded the country. Dr. Montano describes them as follows: The Negritos attract attention at the first glance on account of the relatively large size of the head, the lack of trognathism, and the elevation of the cheek bone. Their general aspect ia that of a weak people. The thorax is slightly developed, the legs lack well-developed calves. The feet, which are quite clumsy and large, are somewhat turned in, the direction being exaggerated on account of the position of the great toe, w hich is conspicuously separated trom the others, which are very short. The abdominal wall, which if very firm, has a semispherical form. The opening of the eye is usually prolonged and rectilinear, although it sometimes describes a somewhat pronounced curve. The sickle-shaped fold is lacking, although the internal prolongation of the upper eyelid tends to form a fold which appears to be its rudiment. They distinguish colors well, although they lack words for naming them. The forehead is notably high and vertical, and forms a very distinct angle with the transverse plane of the face. The antero-posterior curvature of the skull is circular in general, and is quite high. The same is true of the transverse curve. The posterior region of the head is always more or less flat, and not infrequently even depressed in the center of the right side, this being in relationship with the flow...« less