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tribes from the I'egion of the Great Lakes under the pressure of 

 Hamitic tribes advancing from an easterly direction. 



The bones of the skeleton are then described and compared.* 



SECTION I. 

 THE CEANIA. 



Material. — Twenty-four skulls, some of which were in a frag- 

 mentary condition, and of which six only were accompanied by the 

 lower jaw. Ten were available for examination. 



Of the skulls ten certainly belonged to the variety known as 

 Strandloopers, while two others probably fell into the same category. 



In addition, a collection of Strandlooper crania now in the 

 Anatomical Museum at Cambridge were measured, and the results 

 incorporated with the foreign. 



Becords available for Comparison. — It was at once obvious that 

 the material available from this collection was insufficient for the 

 purpose, so that for comparison use had to be made of skulls and 

 skeletons previously described. In this relation the records of 

 43 Bushman and 30 Hottentot ci'ania previously measured and 

 described by the present writer have been utilised, f This avoids 

 the risk of any possible errors arising due to different methods 

 of measurement. For some purposes the records of others have 

 been drawn on, bringing the total number of Bushman skulls up 

 to 79. 



With the intention of showing the relations of the Bushmen to 

 other South and Central African races, the writer has made use 

 of the records of the groups of skulls he had previously measured. 

 For a few places the records of others had to be employed. Male 

 skulls only are used for comparison. 



Central African Pigmies. 



Akkas, 2. Sent to the British Museum by Emin Pasha, and 



described by Prof. Flower (J. Anth. Inst., vol. xviii.). 

 Bambute, 1. Sent to the British Museum by Sir H. H. 



Johnston. (The Uganda Protectorate, vol. ii.) 



* Reference should be made to the explanatory diagrams at the end of 

 the article. 



t F. C. Shrubsall, " Crania of African Bush Races," J. Anth. Inst., 1897. 



