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supplied with a black, fine beard, two or three inches long ; 



the arms are hairy for a woman, though not for a man ; on other 



parts of the body, there can be said to be no unusual growth 



of hair ; there is great mammary development. 



I have measured her head carefully, and it does not differ 



much from the average of these races, as given by Dr. S. G. 



Morton : — 



Long. Par. Front. Inter- Occip. Horizontal 



diam. diam. diam. Mastoid. Front. Periphery. 



Ordinary. 6.7 in. 6. 4.9 14.6 13.1 20. 



Opate. 6.3 5.5 4.2 13.5 13. 20. 



These measurements are somewhat approximative, as the integu- 

 ments over the skull are preternaturally thick ; she has, there- 

 fore, a well-proportioned, though small brain, and ^.is capable 

 of considerable cultivation. This head varies somewhat from 

 that of an American Indian, — there is no characteristic prom- 

 inence of the vertex, no flatness of the occiput or forehead, no 

 want of symmetry in the two sides ; the shape of the cheeks and 

 the complexion are hardly Indian. The space between the orbits 

 is large,- and the eyes are very black and piercing ; there is no 

 obliquity to be noticed, as in the Mongol. The nose is flat, quite 

 unlike the aquiline nose of the Indian, and yet not like that of 

 the Negro. The mouth is very large, and the lips prominent, and 

 rather thick ; the gums are in a curious condition, being swelled 

 all around, so as to rise above and conceal the teeth ; they 

 are not sensitive, and are so hard as to allow her to crack hard 

 nuts with them ; the growth in the upper jaw is chiefly a hyper- 

 trophy of the bone, and in the lower jaw, principally a disease 

 of the gums resembling " vegetations." The molars, bicuspids, 

 and canines are normal, though the latter are imbedded in the 

 abnormal gum, while the back teeth are behind it. She is said 

 never to have had incisors ; but that must be an error, as she 

 has the stump of one even now in the upper jaw, and there 

 is no reason to believe that she had not the normal number; 

 the condition of the gums might readily cause the loss of the 

 exposed front teeth, while the back teeth might remain sound. 

 She has a decided chin, which would indicate her humanity, if 

 nothing else did. She has a well formed arm, and a small. 



