New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-21
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.
A STRANGE JAPAN RACE.

In Der recent work, "Unbeaten Tracks IN ia
pan," Miss Isabella l.. Bird gives some graphic
pictures Of the Amos, or aborigInes OF the Is
land OF Yezo, japan. After the yellow sklhs
the shfl horse hair, the treble eyelids, the
elongated eyes, the sloping eyebrows, the nat
noses, the sunken checks, the Monaghan feac
lures, the puny physique, the shaky walk Oh
the men, the restricted tOtter OF the Women
and the general impression OF degeneracy con
viewed by the appearance OF the Japanese tne
Ainos,n she SAYS, make a very singular I'M
preston. All bat two three that L nave
seen are the most Notwithstanding OF savages
with a physique vigorous enough 10r carrying
out the most ferOclOus Intentions but as soon
as they sneak the cOuntenanee brightens into
a smile a. gentle rs that OF woman, something
which can never be forgotten. The men are
about the middle neIght, broad-chested, broad
shOuldeTed, thick-set very strongly Dulit' me
arms and legs short, thick and muscular, the
hands and feet large. The bodies, and especi-
ally the limbs, of many are covered WI Ii snort
bristly hair. i have seen two boys whose backs
are covered with fur as fine and soft "a that OF
cat The heads and faces ale very striking
The foreheads are very high broad, and promi-
nent, and at first sight give one the impression
of an unusual capacity fer intellectual develop
ment the ears are small and set low; the noses
are straight but short. and broad ut the nOstr1is
the mouths are wide bat well formed, ana the
lips rarely show tendency to fulDess. The
neck Is short, the Uranium rounded, the cheek-
bones low, and the lower part OF the face Is
small as compared with the upper, the pecull-
arity called "A iOWl being unknown. The eye
blows are full, and form a straight line nearly
across the face The eyes are large, toleTaDy
deeply set, and very beautiful, the color IlcD
liquid brown, the expression sIngulariy SOIL, anu
the ayeashes long, silky, ana abundant. Inc
skin has the Italian olive tint, but IN most cases
is thin and light enough to show the changes Ot
color in the cheek. The teeth uTe small, re-
gular and very white; the incisOrs and eye
teeth are not disprOpOrtiOnately large, as Is
usually the case among the Japanese there IL
no tendency towards pTOgnathIsm ana The toId
of integument which cOnceals the upper eyelds
of the Japanese is never to be met with. The
features, expression, and aspect are European
rather than Aslatc.
1.-The ferocous savagery of the appearance
of the men Ii produced by pr0tuslOn or l1lck
soft black hair, divided iii the middle, ami TALL
ing in heavy MASSES nearly TO the shoulders.
Out of doors il is kept from falling over the
face by tiet round the brow. The boards are
equally prOfuse, quite magnificent ana gener-
ally Wayv and in the case Of the old men they
give "a truly patriarchal and venerable aspect
in spite of the yellow tinge produced by smoke
and want of cleanliness. The savage look pro-
duced bv The masses OF hair and beard, and
the thick eyebrows, Is mlugated by the sOitileSs
in the dreamy brown eyes. and is altogether 0D-
li;eratnd by the exceeding sweetness OF the
smile. which belongs in grt alter or less degree
to all the rOugher sex. | have measured the
height of thirty of the adult men OF TINS village,
and il ranges from five feet four inches 10 hVs
feet SIX and a half inches. The circumference
of the heads averages 22.1 inches. anG the arc
from ear to cal, thirteen inches. The average
weight of the AinO adult masculine BRAIN, ascer-
tanned by measurement OF Alno skulls, Is 40.9O
ounces avOirdupOls, Il brain weight sald 10 eXcel
that of all the races, Hlnd0O and MuSsulman, on
the Indian plains, and that OF the aboriginal
races of India and Ceyion, and Is only paralleied
by that of the races OF the Hlmalayas, the
SIamese, and the Chinese Burmese"