people, told me recently that if the Americans wanted the people of Bontoc to go out against a pueblo they would gladly go; and he added, suggestively, that when the Spaniards were there the old men had much better food than now, for many hogs were killed in the celebration of war expeditions —­ and the old men got the greater part of the meat.  The Igorot is a natural head-hunter, and his training for the last sixty years seems to have done little more for him than whet this appetite.

Somatology

Man

The Bontoc men average about 5 feet 4 1/8 inches in height, and have the appearance of being taller than they are.  Again and again one is deceived by their height, and he repeatedly backs a 5-foot-7-inch Igorot up against a 6-foot American, vainly expecting the stature of the brown man to equal that of the white.  Almost never does the Bontoc man appear heavy or thickset, as does his brother, the Benguet Igorot —­ the human pack horse seen so constantly on the San Fernando-Baguio trail —­ muscularly one of the most highly developed primitive people in the world to-day

Of thirty-two men measured from Bontoc and vicinity the shortest was 4 feet 9 1/8 inches and the tallest was slightly more than 5 feet 9 inches.  The following table presents the average measurements of the thirty-two men: 

Average measurements of Bontoc men

Measurements

CM.

Stature
160.287

Spread of arms
165.684

Head length
19.212

Head breadth
15.203

Cephalic index (per cent)
79.1328

Nasal length
5.25625

Nasal breadth
4.1625

Nasal index (per cent)
79.191

From these measurements it appears that the composite man —­ the average of the combined measurements of thirty-two men —­ is mesaticephalic.  Among the thirty-two men the extremes of cephalic index are 91.48 and 67.48.  This first measurement is of a young man between 20 and 25 years of age.  It stands far removed from other measurements, the one nearest it being 86.78, that of a man about 60 years old.  The other extreme is 67.48, the measure of a young man between 25 and 30 years of age.  Among the thirty-two men, nine are brachycephalic —­ that is, their cephalic index is greater than 80; twenty of the thirty-two are mesaticephalic, with cephalic index between 75 and 80; and only three are dolichocephalic —­ that is, the cephalic index is below 75.

The nasal indexes of the thirty-two men show that the Bontoc man has the “medium” or mesorhine nose.  They also show that one is very extremely platyrhine, the index being 104.54, and one is very leptorhine, being 58.18.  Of the total, five are leptorhine —­ that is, have the “narrow” nose with nasal index below 70.  Seventeen men are mesorhine, with the “medium” nose with nasal index between 70 and 85; and ten are platyrhine —­ that is, the noses are “broad,” with an index greater than 85.