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as well as the ear hole, lying far back ; in the lateral aspect the 

 shortness, and the flattening of the upper occiput, possibly in some 

 case artificially exaggerated, are most striking. The features are 

 harsh and bony, the brows and nose, the chin and cheek-bones, all 

 prominent. 



Of the invasion which must have brought the Kymrie tongue 

 to Britain — the Brythonic invasion — we know little or nothing : 

 nor can any particular type be ascribed with any approach to 

 certainty to the invaders.^ It is probable that both they and the 

 Groydels were, compared with their predecessors, of fair complexion 

 and tall stature. The lobe of the ear seems to be often adherent 

 in persons who remind us of the bronze type : this point we owe 

 to the observations of the late Park Harrison ; and I think there is 

 something in it. 



It seems likely that the Gallic colonization, spoken of by Julius 

 C.iesar, as recent or still proceeding, was distinctly subsequent to 

 the Kymrie one. 



It is likely that during the whole of the bronze and early iron 

 or late Keltic periods amalgamation was slowly going on among 

 the several races which were in presence of each other. Indeed 

 there are appearances of its having been at work from an early 

 period, and having narrowed the skull in some of what we treat 

 as specimens of the bronze race. Doubtless when that race first 

 appeared on the scene, its mean breadth of skull must have been 

 distinctly brachykephalic, i.e., well over 80. 



For the results of this amalgamation, and of various selective 

 influences whicli may have operated on the race, we may look to 

 the Romano-British peasantry disinterred by General Pitt-Eivers 

 in the south-western corner of this county.- 



The impression one receives is that the vigorous and masterful 

 Keltic type had lieen to some extent swamped by the numerical 

 preponderence of the neolithic — (shall we say Iberian ?) — man. 



' Possibly the quadrangular form of head (Belair type of His and Eutimeyer, 

 Sarmatogermanic of Von Holder) may have been prevalent among them. 



- Beddoe, On Human Eemains discovered by Pitt-Eivers, &c., Journ. 

 Anthrop. Inst., 1889. 



