364 Dr, Dawson^s additional notes on 



the course of the following detailed notice of the objects found 

 since the publication of my former paper. 



1. Human Remains. — Several additional skulls have been dis- 

 interred, but many of them in a state too fragile for preservation. 

 All are of the same type of cranial conformation with those pre- 

 viously described. The measurements of five of the most perfect 

 are as follows : — 



Longitudinal diameter, . . 

 Parietal " ' 



Frontal " 



Vertical " 



Intermastoid arch, 



Intermastoid line, 



Occipito-frontal arch, . . . 

 Horizontal circumference,, 



No. 4 is in Mr. Guilbault's collection. The others are in my 

 possession. Nos. 5 and 6 belonged to a female and male skeleton 

 buried together.. They have the Wormian bones largely devel- 

 oped, which is not the case with the others. No. 8 is remarkable 

 for a lateral distortion which seems in part to have existed dur- 

 ing life, but must have been increased by the pressure of the 

 soil after the decay of the soft parts. 



I have been very desirous to ascertain if the measurements of 

 the skulls were capable of throwing any light on the question of 

 the particular Indian race to which these people belonged. Prof. 

 Wilson of Toronto, has kindly fui'nished for the purposes of this 

 comparison, the following table, presenting the average mea- 

 surements of about forty Huron skulls, and of about thirty be- 

 lieved to be Algonquin. 



Huron. Algonquin, 



Length, 7.37 inches. 7.23 inches. 



Breadth, 5.47 " 6.58 " 



Height, 5.42 " 6.37 " 



From this it would appear that the Algonquin skull is shorter, 

 broader and lower than that of the Huron. The measurements of 

 skulls from Hochelaga,given in this and my previous paper, present 

 so great diversities among themselves, that any comparison with 

 the averages above stated would seem impossible. Nos. 3, 4 and 

 8, approach very nearly to the Algonquin type ; Nos. 6 and 7 

 to the Huron. No. 7 is remarkable for its length, and contrasts in 



