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4. The ancient Egyptians, whosecivilization ante-tlates that of all othor people, 

 and whose country has bcfii justly calleil '> the cradle ol" the arts and sciences," 

 have the least-sized brain of any Caucasian nation, exceptin<? the Hindoos ; for the 

 small nuniher of Semitic Jicads will hardly permit tli.Mu to be admitted into the 

 comparison. 



5. The Ne^ro brain is nine cubic inches less than the Teutonic, and three cubic 

 inches larger than the ancient Egyptian. 



G. The largest brain in the series is that of a Dutch gentleman, and gives 114 

 cubic inches; the smallest head is an old Peruvian, of r,s cubic inches; and the 

 difference between these two extremes is no less than 5G cubic inches. 



7. The brain of tjie Australian and Hottentot fall far below the Negro, and 

 measures precisely the same as the ancient Peruvian. 



8. This extended series of measurements fully confirms the fact stated by me 

 in the Crania Americana, that the various artificial modes of distorting the 

 cranium, occasion no diminution of its internal capacity, and consequently do not 

 affect the size of the brain. 



ELECTION. 



Francis P. Porcher, M. D. of Charleston, South Carolina, was 

 elected a Correspondeni oi' the Academy. 



October 2d. 

 Dr. Bridges in the Chair. 



Letters were read : 



From the Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences, dated Munich, Feb. 

 1, 1849, acknowledging the receipt of recent publications of this So- 

 ciety. 



From the Secretary of the Lyceunr\ of Natural History of New York, 

 dated September 2t3th, 1849, acknowledging the receipt of the last 

 number of the Journal of the Academy. 



From Mr. A. H. Morse, of New York, dated Sept. 15, 184-9, oflering 

 for sale a skeleton and skin of Manatus. 



From Wm. F. Van Amringe, Esq., addressed to Dr. Morton, dated 

 New York, Sept. ICth, 1849, proposing a new S3'stem of Zoological 

 Classification, which was referred to Drs. Wilson, Leidy and Zant- 

 zinger. 



October diL 

 Dr. McEuEN in the Chair. 



Letters were read : — 



From the Secretary of the Ainerican Philosophical Society, dated 

 Sept. 24th, lS49,acktiowled>;ing the receipt of No. 3, Vol. 1, Journal 

 of the Acadi-my. 



From William llombel, Esq., dated October 4th, 18 19, accompany- 

 inf his donation of 41 vols, of the Transactions of a London Society 

 for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, &c. — received this eve- 



ning. 



