134 ON SOME DIGGINGS NEAR BRASSINGTON, DERBYSHIRE. 



and the teeth decidedly so. The front teeth are subject to an irregularity— 

 the canines having grown behind and pushed forward the lateral incisors ; this, 

 apparently, is due to persistent milk canines. The wisdom teeth, judging from 

 the sockets, were fully formed. = a somewhat older individual than D 2, and 

 certainly a female. 



SKULL D 4. Position. — In contact with south-west wall, and lying on the 

 left side. Lower jaw (D 8) displaced, but lying near. 



Condition. — Calvaria tolerably perfect ; maxillaries missing. Lower jaw 

 imperfect ; left and portion of right ramus gone. 



Description. — This is the smallest calvaria of the series. It is thin, but not 

 so smooth and glossy as D 2 and 3. The sagittal suture is extensively 

 obliterated ; the lambdoidal intricate, and like the coronal, open only on the 

 external table. The contour in the side view contrasts with D 2 and 3, having 

 a sub-angular tendency — see Plate III. (noting, however, that as there shown, 

 the skull is a trifle tilted forwards, the long flat portion of the crown should be 

 more horizontal). The prominent parietal eminences and frontal angular 

 processes give a wedge-like character to the anterior portion of the horizontal 

 outline, and there is a more rapid taper to the prominent occiput. The 

 forehead is low and somewhat sloping ; the prominent temporal ridges, angular 

 processes and supra-orbital borders giving rise to an ill-filled appearance to this 

 part of the skull, which may be due to senile retreat of the tabular portion of 

 the frontal. The condition of the lower jaw and the absence of glossiness, 

 both point to the age of the original owner of the skull as considerably 

 advanced, in spite of the condition of the sutures. The lower jaw is 

 remarkably small and feeble : the molar and pre-molar alveolar portions are 

 quite absorbed ; the incisor and canine sockets remain, and several show signs 

 of having been shorn of their teeth before death. The symphisal depth of the 

 body, I in., and where the alveolar portion has gone, only 0*35 in. The angle 

 is sharply everted ; the ramus thin, and only i"i in. wide. The sides of the 

 skull are flat and parallel to each other. The superciliary ridges and mastoid 

 processes, but little developed. — an elderly person, female. 



SKULL D 5. Position. — In contact with the north-east wall ; lying on the 

 left side, and almost, if not quite, in contact with the pavement. 



Condition. — It is the least damaged skull of the series. Externally, the 

 restored skull may be regarded as perfect, except for the missing lower jaw. 



Description. — This is the largest of the series, and, as already observed, it 

 bears a close resemblance of D I. The calvaria is moderately thick and 

 slightly rough on both surfaces. The sutures throughout are moderately 

 intricate, and partially obliterated (almost entirely so on the internal table). 

 In the side view, the curve is moderately even ; the occiput is full, the rear- 

 slope moderately precipitous ; and the frontal curve, if produced downwards, 

 would pass a little behind the foremost point of the nasal suture — and thus the 



