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The forehead is broader and more elevated than in the North American In- 

 dian, less broad and elevated than in the European ; the orbits are small and 

 regular. The jaws sensibly prominent, less so, indeed, than in the Indian 

 more so than in the European. The palatine arch is of a rounded form, and 

 its fossa less extensive than in the Indian or African, more than in the Euro- 

 pean, owing principally to a greater breadth of the palatine plate of the os 

 palati. But the most remarkable appearance in these heads is, an irregular 

 flatness on the occipital region, evidently produced by artificial means 

 These peculiarities, with others more minute, give a character to these skulls 

 not found in any living nations. Dr. Warren also stated that he had receiv- 

 ed other crania, which, at first view, he believed to be of the same race and 

 nation, for they resembled them, in all their peculiarities, more nearly than 

 one Caucasian head resembles another He exhibited drawings and a cast in 

 proof of the exactness of this resemblance; but these latter, he observed, 

 were species of ancient Peruvian heads. Now the cemeteries of the ancient 

 Peruvians are distant from the Ohio mounds more than fifteen hundred 

 miles ; 3'et the facts stated above rendered it certain, in his opinon, that 

 these nations were connected by blood, and rendered it probable that the 

 northern race, being driven from their country by the ancestors of the exist- 

 ing race of North American Indians, retreated, after a long resistance, to 

 South America, and gave origin to one of the nations which founded the 

 Peruvian empire. Anatomy, also, he observed, showed that there was much 

 resemblance between the crania spoken of and those of the modern Hindoos. 

 And instruments, ornaments, and utensils, have been discovered in the 

 mounds, which bear a great resemblance to articles of the same description 

 seen in Hindostan. The facts stated above lead him to the following infer- 

 ences : — 1. The race whose remains are discovered in the mounds were dif- 

 ferent from the existing North American Indian ; 2. The ancient race of the 

 mounds is identical with the ancient Peruvian. To these conclusions might 

 be added others tending to support existing opinions, but which are hypo- 

 thetical : — 1. That the ancient North American and the Peruvian nations 

 were derived from the southern part of Asia ; 2. That America was peopled 

 from at least two different parts of Asia, the ancient Americans having been 

 derived from the south, and the existing Indian race from the northern part 

 of the same continent — Dr. Warren, British Association. 



Relative Size of the York and Birmingham Organs Can the 



Editors of The Anahjst, or any of their correspondents, inform me positively 

 which is the largest organ, that in York Minster, or the instrument in the 

 Town Hall, Birmingham ? I have heard both of these magnificent instru- 

 ments, but am not myself capable of deciding the matter C. Blanchard, 



Walsall, Nov. 3, 1837. [Much nonsense has been circulated relative to the 

 point forming the subject of the above query. We feel little inclined to add 

 to the confusion already existin<T concerning these instruments. A question, 

 in our estimation, of infinitely more moment, is the qualili/ of the organs. 

 In this respect we consider the Birmingham organ to be superior to its nor- 

 thern rival. We may add that the inliabitants of York and Birmingham re- 

 spectively contend, with more vehemence than wisdom, for the supremacy of 



their own idol Ei).] 



The Girl Bunting — The geographic range of the Cirl Bunting r^Fwi- 

 berizn cxrhts ) extends to Asia Minor, where, according to Mr. Strickland, it 



