CHAPTER XIII.
The Tarahumare Physique--Bodily Movements--Not as Sensitive to Pain as White Men--Their Phenomenal Endurance--Health--Honesty--Dexterity and Ingenuity--Good Observers of the Celestial Bodies and Weather-forecasters--Hunting and Shooting--Home Industries--Tesvino, the Great National Drink of the Tribe--Other Alcoholic Drinks.
The Tarahumare of to-day is of medium size and more muscular than his North American cousin, but his cheek-bones are equally prominent.

His colour is light chocolate-brown.

I was rather surprised often to find the faces of the people living in the warm barrancas of a lighter colour than the rest of their bodies.

The darkest complexions, strange to say, I encountered on the highlands near Guachochic.

In the higher altitudes the people also develop higher statures and are more muscular than in the lower portions of the country.
Both men and women wear long, flowing, straight black hair, which in rare cases is a little wavy.