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6. Human skulls should be collected, and care should be taken to bring 
away such specimens as fairly represent the people. Remarkable skulls 
should also be preserved and marked as such, their deviations should be ac- 
curately described. And besides those specimens which are brought away, 
it is desirable to observe certain things in a large number, always stating the 
number observed. 
a. Is the os frontis divided by a middle suture? 
5. Are the skull-bones thick, thin, heavy, light, dense, &e.? 
ce. Are the sutures much indented ? 
d. Are ossa triquetra frequent ? if so, in what sutures do they occur ? 
e. Does the squamous bone well abut on the frontal bone? 
f- Open some crania to ascertain if there be large frontal sinuses ; if so, 
state the condition of the ossification, and also of the teeth. 
g- Observe the bones of the face, their relation to each other, and to 
the cranium. 
h. What is the form of the outer orbitar process ? 
t. Is the palatine arch flat or vaulted ? 
j- Does the upper jaw project forwards ? 
k. What is the form of the lower jaw ? 
2. What is the shape of the chin? 
m. What is the relative position of the ossa nasi and unguis ? 
n. What is the situation of the foramen magnum ? 
o. What is the state of development of the paroccipital processes ? 
p- Observe the number, position, character and mode of wear of the 
teeth. 
g- Have they any artificial means of modifying the form and appear- 
ance of the teeth? 
7. The number of lumbar vertebre should be ascertained, as an additional 
one is said to occur in some tribes. 
8. Measure the length of the sternum, and that of the whole trunk, so that 
comparisons may be instituted. sated 
9. Give some idea of the relative magnitudes of the chest and abdomen. 
10. What is the character of the pelvis in both sexes ? 
11. What is the form of the foot ¢ 
12. The form of the scapula deserves attention, especially its breadth and 
strength, and the clavicle also in relation to it. 
13. The blood-vessels and internal organs can be subjected to examination, 
but with greater difficulty: observe any peculiarities in regard to them. 
Peculiarities may exist which cannot. be anticipated by special question ; 
the observer should, if possible, examine each organ in. detail, and, comparing 
one with another, he will find few things escape him. 
14. Are Albinos found? if so, what characters do they present ? State 
their parentage, and all that can be gathered to throw a light on their origin. 
State the physical characters of their children if they have any. 
15. Where a district obviously possesses two or more varieties of the 
human raee, note the typical characters of each in their most distinct form, 
and indicate to what known groups or families they may belong: give some 
idea of the proportion of each, and state the result of their intermixture on 
physical and moral character. When it can be ascertained, state how long 
intermixture has existed, and_of which the physical characters tend to pre- 
dominate. It is to be observed, that this question does not so much refer to 
the numerical strength or political ascendency of any of the types, but to 
the greater or less physical resemblance which the offspring may bear to the 
parents, and what are the characters which they may appear to derive from 
