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the glabella to the upper alveolus, being continuous ; the occipital 

 region protuberant. Only one of these heads approximates the 

 pyramidal form. The two Kaffir skulls are characterized by high, 

 peaked foreheads ; the sagittal suture marked by a prominent ridge, 

 and the calvaria pyramidal in form.] 



3. Hovahs. 

 {Case 13.) 



1. 1306. HovAH of Madagascar : man, setat. 25. I. C. 82. 



2. 1307. HovAH of Madagascar : man, astat. 40. I. C. 83. 



These two Hovah skulls were procured by Lieut. Isaac G. Strain, 

 U. S. N., at Majunga, Bembatooka Bay, on the west coast of 

 Madagascar, A. D. 1846. 



The Hovahs, who constitute the ruling caste of this island, are a 

 black race closely allied to the Kaffers. They are more or less 

 blended with the Arabs, Hindus and Malays, but not to such a 

 degree as to materially affect their national traits or their peculiar 

 language, as Mr. Crawfurd has shown, 



[These two Hovah skulls have the base long and narrow, the vertex 

 flat, the orbits narrow and high, and the superior maxillae promi- 

 nent.] 



ly. ALFOPJAN RACE. 



Australians. 



(Case 13.) 



The following three native Australian skulls were presented to me 

 A. D. 1849, by Dr. Charles Nicholson, of Sydney, New South 

 "Wales. 



1. 1450. AusTEALiAN woman, setat. 40. I. C. 71. 



2. 1451. Native Australian man, from Mount Abrupt, in the 

 Australian Grampians. JEtat 50. I. C. 83. 



3. 1452. Native Australian woman, setat. 40. I. C. 63. 



4. 1327. Australian of Port St. Philip, New South Wales. 



This man, whose name wasDurabub, was killed in a fray after having 

 himself killed two savages of a hostile tribe, A. D. 1841. His skull 

 is the nearest approach to the Orang type that I have seen. JEt2it. 

 40. I. C. 81. 



[It is a truly animal head. The forehead is exceedingly flat and re- 

 cedent, while the prognathism of the superior maxillary almost 

 degenerates into a muzzle. The alveolar arch, instead of being 



