HUMAN CRANIA. 



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garrison, A, D. 1757. ,F. A. 82. I. C. 105. Jacob Morris, Esq., 

 of Philadelphia. 

 4. 59. Anglo-Saxon head : skull of Pierce,* a convict and canni- 

 bal, who was executed in New South Wales, A. D. 18. F. A. 

 85. I. C. 99. [A long and strictly oval head.] 



V. ANGLO-AMERICAN" RACE. 



{Case 1.) 



1. 7. Anglo-American: female, setat. nearly 100 years. I. C. 

 83. [G-ermanic form.] 



2. 24. Anglo-American : female with an open frontal suture. 

 Fille-de-joie, setat. 26 years. F. A. 77^^. I. C. 82. [Interme- 

 diate in form between the German and Swedish types.] 



3. 88. Anglo-American : child. Dr. F. Turnpenny. 



4. 98. Anglo-American ? Kemarkable for the fulness of the 

 occipital region, and obliquity of the foramen magnum. [Germa- 

 nic form.] 



5. 552. x\nglo-American : man, aetat. 30. I. C. 97. This skull 

 belonged to the collection of the late Dr. Doornik, and was pre- 

 sented to me with other crania, by Dr. Jones, of New Orleans, 



* A letter addressed to me by Wm. Cobb Hurry, Esq., of Calcutta, contains 

 the following particulars of this man's singular career : 



" With regard to the cannibal Pierce, all that is known of him is, that he was 

 a native of Scotland, or the north of Ireland, and a seaman. He was a convict 

 in Van Diemeu's land, and escaped with others into the woods. Hunger com- 

 jjelled them to prey upon each other, till only Pierce and another were left. A 

 romantic tale might be made from Pierce's own narrative of the feelings with 

 which these two men watched each other, till, overcome with fatigue, the last 

 of the band fell a victim. Pierce was relieved by a party who fell in with him, 

 and the cannibalism of which he was guilty being attributed to necessity, was 

 not punished. From that time his propensities acquired their full development, 

 and he succeeded repeatedly in persuading his fellow prisoners to escape with 

 him, for the sole pui'pose of killing them and devouring their flesh. He used to 

 return secretly to the depot, and persuade a fresh victim that he had been sent 

 by others who were waiting in the woods. He was at last caught ; and being 

 asked if he knew where one of his companions was, deliberately pulled an arm 

 out of his jacket and showed it to the soldiers. Mr. Crockett, from whom I had 

 this account, and who gave me the skull, is the Colonial Surgeon, and attended 

 Pierce in the hospital both before and subsequently to his crimes. He stated to 

 me his conviction that Pierce was insane, which, however, did not prevent him 

 from being hanged." 



