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Klaatsch (3) in his investigation of the Australian cranium, inasmuch 

 as the diagraph ordered by Professor Berry for his department from 

 Europe, has not yet arrived, though the order was placed in ample 

 time; this is of course an instance of the drawbacks which confront 

 the Australian scientist, and is solely due to the geographical isolation 

 of this Continent. 



The work that we have accomplished will, however, serves for the 

 recording of almost all the ordinary measurements, and for all angular 

 work upon the median sagittal section, and therefore for a comparison 

 of the Tasmanian skull with the skulls of Homo Neanderthalensis, 

 Pithecanthropus erectus, etc. 



It is our hope and intention to publish all our tracings of these 

 Tasmanian crania life size and thus make our work available to sci- 

 entists in all parts of the world and for all time. Every modern 

 craniologist knows how craniological methods have changed within the 

 last few years, and that for the wearisome lists of measurements there 

 are now substituted the ingenious morphological methods of Schwalbe 

 (8), Klaatsch (3) and others. It is therefore not improbable that an- 

 other fifty years may elicit the introduction of still more revolutionary 

 craniological methods, in which case, these inaccessible Tasmanian crania 

 may require fresh investigation, which cannot well be undertaken if 

 this most recently acquired material be not imperishably recorded, 

 and hence our desire that these tracings be published life size. If 

 the local societies find this essential work too costly we shall hope 

 to have the assistance of the European societies. 



We have duly recorded upon all these forty two crania the meas- 

 urements sanctioned by the Monaco International Agreement of 1906, 

 and these will be published in due course. 



In conclusion we can only express the hope that we shall be en- 

 abled to submit, if not some of the actual skulls themselves, at least 

 their dioptrographic tracings, to our European colleagues at the next 

 International Anatomical Congress to be held at Brussels in 1910. 



List of Works referred to in the Text. 



1) Krause, W., Skelet der oberen und unteren Extremität. Handbuch 

 der Anatomie des Menschen, hrsgg. von Karl v. Bardeleben. 



2) Turner, Sir William, The craniology, racial affinities, and descent 

 of the aborigines of Tasmania. Transact. E,. Soc. Edinburgh, Vol. 46, 

 Pt. 2, 1908, No. 17, p. 365—403. 



3) Klaatsch, H., The skull of the Australian aboriginal. Reports from 

 the Pathol. Labor, of the Lunacy Department, N. S. W. Grovernment, 

 Vol. 1, Pt. 3, 1908, p. 43—167. 



