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jpemale, two have rather more prominent foreheads than the 

 Carib : in the third it curves backward in the same degree 

 from the interorbital prominence ; the nasal bones are broader 

 and flatter; in other respects they closely agree with the Carjb 

 skull : one of them,^ young female about 14, presents an ab* 

 normal elevation of the upper and right side of the frontal 

 bone." 



" The Wapisiana skull presents the ovate form, but thfe oc- 

 ciput is rather more prominent, and the prominent part more 

 circumscribed: the interorbital space is slightly depressed, 

 owing to the projection of the supraorbital ridges : the fore^ 

 head is a little more convex than in the Carib ; but the gene- 

 ral resemblance is as close as that which usually obtains be- 

 tween the skulls of two individuals of the same race. 



" The cranium of the Macusi Indian is more oblong and el- 

 lipsoid viewed from above : the forehead is broader, the parie- 

 tal region narrower, or at least not broader than it is in thre 

 shorter crania of the Carib and Taruma tribes. The frontal 

 sinuses cause the supraorbital ridges to project beyond the 

 interorbital space : the nasal bones are more prominent than 

 in the Carib and Taruma Indians ; the malar bones are equally 

 prominent : the outer angle of the malar process of the maxil- 

 lary bones overhangs the concave line leading thence to the 

 alveolar processes. The general character of the facial part 

 of the skull resembles that of the Patagonian Indian ; but the 

 prominent convex occiput, and general form of the cranium 

 approaches nearer to the Carib form." 



*• In one Macusi skull, the spheno-orbital fissure is as much 

 dilated anteriorly as in the other Caribeans ; but in a second 

 specimen, it was as narrow as in the Patagonian* The nasal 

 bones are flatter in the second than in the first specimen of 

 Macusi cranium/' 



" All the Indian skulls manifest the sahie inferiority in the 

 size of the true molar teeth, as compared with the teeth of 

 Negroes and Australians ; the incisors, canines, and premo- 

 lars, or bicuspides, are not smaller than in the Black races." 

 " They all agree in the roundness or convexity of the occi- 

 pital region, and diff*er in this respect, as well as in their more 

 symmetrical figure, from the skulls of the Peruvian, Chilian, 

 and Patagonian Indians." 



