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CATALOGUE OF 



VI. MIXED RACES. 



Copts. 

 {Case 14.) 



1. 759i Copt from a Convent near Cairo, on the road to Abersabei : 

 woman, aetat. 20. F. A. 78. I. C. 77. Crania .^gyptiaca. 

 page 57. From G. R. Gliddon, Esq., late United States Consul 

 for the City of Cairo. 



2. 760. Coptic child, a year old. 

 Obtained with No. 759. 





761. Copt of Lower Egypt : 

 man, ^tat. 40. F. A. 8 P. 

 I. C. 85. Obtained with No. 

 759. 



[Dr. Morton describes No. 761 as 

 elongated, narrow, but other- 

 wise mediately developed in 

 front, with great breadth and 

 fulness in the whole posterio^^" 

 region. The nasal bones, 

 though prominent, are broad, 

 short, and concave, and the 

 upper jaw is everted. There is 

 also a remarkable distance be- 

 tween the eyes. See Crania 

 JEgyptiaca, p. 57.]] 



4. 795. Skull exhumed from the 

 front of the First or Northern 

 Brick Pyramid of Dashour, 

 Memphite necropolis, by Mr. 

 Ferring, Civil Engineer. Blends 

 the Coptic with' the Egyptian 

 form. F. A. 76. I. C. 75. 

 Crania ^gyptiaca, page J. 

 For an engraving of this skull, 

 see page 39. 



