BEOTHUK SKULLS—PREST. Ixxoxise 
No.1. Adult skull marked No. 6 in the St. John’s Museum Collection - 
INCHES. 
Cianvellaton Occipital onntvets, see <iern, Sees dee cca scare lece:sa 7.425 
Greatest width: ofeskulll: oosccs, 25 88 ER eRe N Sh Bia ic 5.825 
Kern a bOsOCCIPIbAleCOMEVLE: <)s,c ss, sisal = (apdepeyc- oie oa? a decde 6 O75 
hesuliing index, meso-cephalic) 2... sc. s en sss wees os 78.45 
No. 2. Adult Female (1) - 
INCHES. 
Cjabellasto occipital paint... |. iinet ene kage eee eee, GrO2D 
Greatest width of skull..... nh ache SpE Pee as re a eee 5.600 
Brcema to occipital-condyles. <j s<s.0a02 2 Seae s one vas 5.700 
Resulting index, brachy-cephalic verging on meso-cephalic..80.20 
The measurements in the above instances, although taken without 
any very elaborate instruments, can not be in error more than 2, of an 
inch. Another skull and skeleton, almost perfect, want of time 
prevented me from measuring. It, however, showed features of a 
decidedly lower type than the others, particularly in the enormous 
supercilliary ridges and narrow retreating forehead. The nose was 
extremely aquiline, as were those of the other skulls. It appears to 
approach the long-headed type more nearly than the others, but measure- 
ments of such a limited number of skulls cannot be considered as 
settling or even approximating the question of tribal index. Our chief 
hope, therefore, lies in the expectation of future explorations of Beothuk 
burying grounds. That the above skulls are genuine Beothuk remains, 
I give as authority Mr. Howley, Director of the Geological Survey of 
Newfoundland, through whose care all the relics of this interesting race 
are preserved. For further evidence as to their authenticity, I would 
give the name of Rev. M. Harvey, who discovered skull No. 1 at 
Pilley’s Island, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, under circumstances 
which leave no doubt that it was Beothuk. 
Another Beothuk skull, which I do not think has been measured, 
is to be seen at McGill University, Montreal. It was found in 1847 by 
Rey. Mr. Blackmore, Rural Dean of Conception Bay, on a small island 
called Rencontre, one of the Lower Burgeo group, on the southern coast 
of Newfoundland. 
In order to show more fully the position the Beothuks occupied in 
North America, I may say that tiie Indians are brachy-cephalic while 
the Esquimaux are dolicho-cephalic. These are the nearest races the 
