Description of a Human Skull 



dredged from the bed of the Tees 27ft. Gin. below surface 



level, on the 27th May, 1892. 



This is an unusually large JJnlichoeephalic Male Skull, 

 as proved by the above measurements. It has one peculiarity 

 — being one eighth of an inch larger on the right side — this 

 peculiarity I have not found before. It is in extremely good 

 preservation, arising in all probability from its early deposition 

 after death jjreventing its being water-worn, the exclusion of 

 air, the preservative action of the tannin, and carbonaceous 

 matter in the peat having entered its cellular structure. 



It is a well marked skull, its strength and substance being 

 far above the average, and could only have belonged to an 

 individual not under six feet ia height, more probably some 

 inches higher. The frontal bone is extremely well marked, 

 having on each side deep sulci showing the course of the 

 posterior branches of the temporal arteries. The sagittal 

 suture is fully ossified so much so that it is with difficulty its 

 direction can be traced ; all the other sutures are strongly [uit 



