[78] _Proportions._--"Both sexes are well proportioned, stout, muscular, and active."--Seemann's Voy. _Herald_, II, 50. "A stout, well-looking people."--Simpson's Nar., pp. 110, 114. "Below the mean of the Caucasian race."--Doctor Hayes in Historic Magazine, vol. I, p. 6. "They are thick set, have a decided tendency to obesity, and are seldom more than 5 feet in height."--Figuier's Human Race, p. 211. At Kotzebue Sound "tallest man was 5 feet 9 inches; tallest woman 5 feet 4 inches."--Beechey's Voy., I, 360. "Average height was 5 feet 4½ inches"; at the mouth of the Mackenzie they are of "middle stature, strong, and muscular."--Armstrong's Nar., 149, 192. "Low, broad set, not well made nor strong."--Hearne's Trav., p. 166. "The men were in general stout."--Franklin's Nar., I, 29. "Of a middle size, robust make, and healthy appearance."--Kotzebue's Voy., I, 209. "Men vary in height from about 5 feet to 5 feet 10 inches."--Richardson's Pol. Reg., p. 304. "Women were generally short." "Their figure inclines to squat."--Hooper's Tuski, p. 224. [79] _Hands and feet._--"Tous les individus qui appartiennent à la famille des Esquimaux se distinguent par la petitesse de leurs pieds et de leurs mains, et la grosseur énorme de leurs têtes."--De Pauw, Recherches Phil. I, 262. "The hands, and feet are delicately small and well formed."--Richardson's Pol. Reg., p. 304. "Small and beautifully made."--Seemann's Voy. Herald, II, 50. At Point Barrow "Their hands, notwithstanding the great amount of manual labor to which they are subject, were beautifully small and well formed, a description equally applicable to their feet."--Armstrong's Nar., p. 101.