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less elongated than in No 1. The bones of the face are strong 

 with prominent zygoma, and the lower jaw is very massive. 

 The dimensions are as above, column (2). 



This specimen also, with the rest of the skeleton, is in the 

 Museum of the Natural History Society. 



3. Skull of an Off ed man. — This is in general aspect like No. 

 2. Its dimensions are as above, column (3). 



This skull is in the Museum of McGill College. Its form is 

 illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.f 



Fig. 1. 



Fig. 3. 



Fig. 2. 

 Figs. 1, 2, 3, Aboriginal Skull from site of an village at Montreal. 



All of the above are dolichokephalic or elongated skulls, a form 

 which Prof. Wilson has shewn to prevail among the Huron tribes, 

 and which Retzius * maintains to be general in the Eastern Ame- 

 ricans as distinguished from those of the West coast. 



* Smithsonian Report, 1859. 



t The forehead in Fig. 2 is incorrectly shaded. 



