Pushing the character far back would be no explanation of its original cause, but it may be shown that such a procedure would not be justified. In the following important table are given the now available data on the breadth of the nasal aperture of the Eskimo, group by group and area by area, and these data show that narrow nose is by no means universal in this family. The nasal aperture is broader in the southwest and midwest than in the northwest, and broader in the latter region than in the Arctic north, and the northeast. In general it is seen that the farther northward and northeastward the narrower the nose, until it reaches beyond that of all other human groups; while in the west and southwest it gradually approaches until it reaches the nasal breadth of the Indian. And that this latter condition is not due to Indian admixture is shown by the fact that among the broadest noses are those of the Eskimo in Siberia and those on the St. Lawrence Island, where there was no known contact with the Indian, while the narrower noses are along the midwestern coast, where Indian admixture might have been possible. ESKIMO: BREADTH OF THE NASAL APERTURE BOTH SEXES TAKEN TOGETHER IN DESCENDING ORDER _Southwestern and midwestern_ (5) Southwestern Alaska 2.50 (31) Indian Point (Siberia) 2.48 (5) Chukchee 2.47 (6) Pilot Station, Lower Yukon 2.45 (280) St. Lawrence Island 2.42 (29) Pastolik 2.41 (13) Hooper Bay 2.39 (10) Mumtrak 2.38 (6) Cape Nome and Port Clarence 2.38 (23) Nelson Island 2.37 (9) Togiak and vicinity 2.36 (4) Yukon Delta 2.34 (107) Nunivak Island 2.33 (11) Little Diomede Island 2.32 (13) St. Michael Island 2.21 _Northwestern_