The Descent of Man

increasing the apparent elevation of the favourite
conoid form." The inhabitants of Arakhan
admire a broad, smooth forehead, and in order
to produce it, they fasten a plate of lead on the
heads of the new-born children. On the other
hand, "a broad, well-rounded occiput is considered
a great beauty" by the natives of the Fiji
Islands. (70. On the skulls of the American tribes,
see Nott and Gliddon, 'Types of Mankind,'
1854, p. 440; Prichard, 'Physical History of
Mankind,' vol. i. 3rd ed. p. 321; on the natives
of Arakhan, ibid. vol. iv. p. 537. Wilson, 'Physical
Ethnology,' Smithsonian Institution, 1863, p.
288; on the Fijians, p. 290. Sir J. Lubbock
('Prehistoric Times,' 2nd ed. 1869, p. 506) gives
an excellent resume on this subject.)
As with the skull, so with the nose; the ancient
Huns during the age of Attila were accustomed
to flatten the noses of their infants with bandages,
"for the sake of exaggerating a natural conformation."
With the Tahitians, to be called