258 Dr. J. G, Gar son on Early British Maces. [April 20, 



index centering round 81 ; they were, therefore, a distinctly brachy- 

 cephalic people. The upper border of the orbit is thick, the malar 

 bones are prominent and large. The jawbones are large, macrogna- 

 thous, and likewise the teeth, which are often much ground down ; 

 the profile of the upper jaw is somewhat prominent, which gives a 

 prognathous look to the skull ; the chin is well formed. The face, 

 as a whole, is of an angular lozenge form. The ridges for muscular 

 attachments both on the cranium and face are well developed, and 

 the expression is very rugged and savage like. Thurnam estimated 

 from the skulls the average age of the persons interred in the Round 

 Barrows to be fifty-five years, while that of the Long Barrows was 

 ten years less. 



The stature of the Eound Barrow race averages 1*747 metres 

 (5 ft. 9 in.), which is more than the mean stature of the population 

 of the British Isles at the present day. The limb bones are large, 

 with strongly developed ridges and depressions for muscular attach- 

 ments. 



This race is everywhere to be found over Great Britain and 

 Ireland, and, although conquered by the Romans and subsequent 

 invaders, forms a very important element in the population to the 

 present day. 



[J. G. G.] 



