ON SOME DIGGINGS NEAR BRASSINGTON, DERBYSHIRE. 1 37 



occiput where it is extremely thick. The eye-sockets seem to 

 have been small, and tending to squareness. The lower jaw 

 is slender and feeble, except the chin which, although attenuated, 

 is somewhat bold and deep (i"3 in.). The angle is obtuse and 

 rounded and the ramus moderately high, the condylar surface 

 being 2-4 in. in vertical height from the horizontal surface upon 

 which the jaw is allowed to rest. The teeth, of which 25 were 

 found, are small and moderately worn, and three have dental 

 caries. The wisdom teeth are fully erupted and a little worn. 

 Unfortunately none of the trunk and limb bones were reserved, 

 so that nothing can be said of the general build and stature ; but 

 it is clear that the skeleton was that of a woman in the middle- 

 period of life. 



Extreme length ... ... ... 7-5 in. 



Ditto from glabella ... ... ... 7-54 ,, 



Extreme breadth ... ... ... 5-3 ,, 



Circumference ... ... ... 20-4 ,, 



Frontal arc ... ... ... 5-36 ,, 



Parietal arc ... ... ... 4-25 „ 



Least frontal width ... ... ... 3-9 ,, 



Greatest frontal width ... ... 4-56 ,, 



Greatest occipital width ... ... 4-1 „ 



Radius from auditory meatus to nasal 



suture ... ... ... 3-63 ,, 



,, to bregma 4-74 „ 



,, to extreme point of parietal 



suture ... ... ... 4.87 ,, 



Arc from ditto to bregma parietal suture 12 '6 ,, 

 ,, ,, ,, ,, parietal suture ... i3"o ,, 

 Cephalic index ... ... ... 7o"66 



Ditto from glabella ... ... ... 70*29 



In conclusion, it would be most unjust not to acknowledge 

 the great services of Messrs. Rains and their cousin, to 

 the writer, and indirectly to our Society, not only in these 

 Harborough operations, but in tracing out Roman and other 

 ancient roads in the district, and particularly in the discovery of 



