40 J- V. HuLTKKANTZ 



There were also found in Swedenboect's coffin, as has been 

 mentioned, four small broken pieces of a lower jawbone, imbedded 

 with the other remains in the upper part of the casket. The breaking 

 apart of this bone probably occurred, in spite of all caution, at the 

 time of the taking out of the contents of the coffin, for, notwithstanding 

 that the pieces of bone were greatly disintegrated and extremely 

 brittle, the surfaces of the fractures were so well preserved that they 

 could, with absolute exactitude, be fitted into one another. After the 

 fragments had been thoroughly soaked in a solution of shellac, to in- 

 crease their strength, it was possible to join them together, upon which 

 it became clear that they composed the chin, and the greater part of 

 the side portions of the lower maxilla, whereas only inconsiderable 

 remains of the ascending branches were preserved. The greatest 

 breadth of the object was 103 mm., the distance from the chin to the 

 line of connection between the posterior ends, 72 mm. The height of 

 the body of the jawbone, whose alveolar process is relatively well 

 preserved, varied between 23 and 27 mm. As appears from the 

 photographic reproductions (Plate IV., figs. 1 — 4) this lower maxilla forms 

 a comparatively sharp angle. The lower edge makes a relatively larger 

 bow than the upper, for which reason also the last-mentioned has 

 evidently, together with the teeth, been directed somewhat farther 

 inwards towards the tongue than is ordinarily the case. On the right 

 side the alveolar ridge shows unquestionable remains of some teeth, 

 namely the canine and the bicuspids, possibly also the first molar, 

 and on the left side some hollows, probably derived from the alveoles 

 of the canine and bicuspids. The foramen mentale is seen on the 

 left side and the remains of the external oblique line on both sides. 



