. Bulletin. Ethnology. TAYLOR] THE CAKIBS OF DOMINICA 113 vide, their chins well rounded. Mouths and lips are usually small or medium, the noses straight, and sometimes slightly flattened. Their eyes are rather small and deep-set, long and narrow (with the Mon- goloid or epicantliic fold), though not as a rule oblique, and are fringed with long silky lashes. Their ears are large, long, and often lobeless, their feet small, broad, and extraordinarily high-arched.. FiGUKE 11.—Map of Carib Reserve. The girls are round-faced, plump, broad-shouldered, and remarkably straight in the loins. Men and

. Bulletin. Ethnology. TAYLOR] THE CAKIBS OF DOMINICA 113 vide, their chins well rounded. Mouths and lips are usually small or medium, the noses straight, and sometimes slightly flattened. Their eyes are rather small and deep-set, long and narrow (with the Mon- goloid or epicantliic fold), though not as a rule oblique, and are fringed with long silky lashes. Their ears are large, long, and often lobeless, their feet small, broad, and extraordinarily high-arched.. FiGUKE 11.—Map of Carib Reserve. The girls are round-faced, plump, broad-shouldered, and remarkably straight in the loins. Men and  Stock Photo
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. Bulletin. Ethnology. TAYLOR] THE CAKIBS OF DOMINICA 113 vide, their chins well rounded. Mouths and lips are usually small or medium, the noses straight, and sometimes slightly flattened. Their eyes are rather small and deep-set, long and narrow (with the Mon- goloid or epicantliic fold), though not as a rule oblique, and are fringed with long silky lashes. Their ears are large, long, and often lobeless, their feet small, broad, and extraordinarily high-arched.. FiGUKE 11.—Map of Carib Reserve. The girls are round-faced, plump, broad-shouldered, and remarkably straight in the loins. Men and women alike have little or no body hair. Their hue varies (apart from reasons of blood admixture), but is always distinct from any Eurafrican blend, being of a light coppery or "feuille morte" tinge, sometimes Ukened to dried cinnamon. Like so many others of his race, the Dominica Indian is reticent by nature, sensitive, and quick to take offense, and given to occa- sional moods of melancholy and unreasonableness. Indifference, one of his best-known traits, coupled with innate shyness (the patois term "couquia" expresses what I mean here much better than our. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.