ZOOLOGY. 317 



casian is inconsiderable in comparison. An examination of the capa- 

 city of the crania of enge-ena, chimpanzee, and of the different varieties 

 of the human race, shows still more conclusively, that the highest ani- 

 mal does not approacli very near the lowest man, but is separated by 

 an impassable phrenological chasm. Dr. Wyinan found the cranial ca- 

 pacity of four skulls, three males and one female, of the enge-ena to 

 be, for the highest 34.5 cubic inches, the lowest female, 25 cubic inches; 

 average, 28.95 cubic inches. 



In three specimens of the chimpanzee, all females, he found the 

 highest cranial capacity 26 inches, the lowest 22, average, 24. 

 The following is a table of the results of examinations of human 

 skulls, of various races, prepared by Dr. S. G. Morton, of Philadel- 

 phia : 



No. of skull* Largest Smallest u ., ... 



. measured. capacity. capacity. Mean< Meaa ' 



CAUCASIANS. 



Germans ..... 18 144 70 90) 



English ..... 5 105 91 96 > ^ 



Anglo-Americans, 7 97 82 90 ) 



MALAY GROUP. 



Malayan family, 20 97 68 86$ 6 - 



Polynesian family, 3 84 82 83) 



AMERICAN GROUP. 

 Toltecan family, 



Peruvians, . . .155 101 58 75) 



Mexicans, ... 22 92 67 79 > 



Barbarous Tribes, . . 161 104 70 84) 



NEGRO GROUP. 



Native African family, . 62 . 99 65 83 



Hottentot.-;, .... 3 83 68 75 



Australians, ... 8 83 63 75 



These results are derived from a table which Dr. Morton has based 

 upon the actual measurements of over 600 skulls. The smallest mean 

 capacity is that derived from the Hottentots and Australians, which 

 equals only 75 cubic inches, while that of the Teutonic races amounts 

 to 92 cubic inches. The maximum capacity of the enge-ena is, there- 

 fore, considerably less than one half the mean of the Hottentots and 

 Australians, who give us the minimum average for the human races. 



Dr. Savage, a resident on the Gaboon River, describes the enge-ena 

 as an animal of great ferocity and strength, and much dreaded by the 

 natives. It is seen, however, but rarely. The following note, ac- 

 companying two crania brought to the United States, was received 

 from Dr. Perkins by Dr. Wyman : " The two crania were received 

 from a person on board a vessel trading in the. Gaboon and Danger 

 Rivers, Western Africa. They were obtained from natives on the 

 banks of the latter, by whom they were preserved as trophies. From. 

 the gentleman who gave them to me, I learned that the killing of one 

 of these animals was by no means a common occurrence. He de- 

 scribes the animal as being remarkably ferocious, even attacking the 

 natives when found alone in the forest, and in one instance, which fell 

 under his observation, horribly mutilating a man who was out in the 

 woods felling trees to burn. His shouts brought to his aid several 

 other natives, who, after a severe contest, succeeded in killing the 

 enge-ena. The man was afterwards in the habit of exhibiting him- 



27* 



