218 Analyses of Booh. [MARcrf, 



^ Diameter of the pelvis. 



Transverse, or bi-iliac diameter 5'-r|- 



Anterio-posterior, or sacro-pubian diameter 4"-j%- 



Oblique, or sacro-ilio-cotyloid diameter ...».» i . . 5'-^ 



" Not only are these the most perfect dimensions which a 

 female pelvis can have, but they are precisely in the proportion 

 which the longest diameter bears to the shortest, in the Venufe 

 of the Florentine Gallery, according to Camper, namely, as 46 

 to 34 ; whereas in the Negro or Ethiopian race, the proportion 

 is 39 to 27i, or what amounts to the same thing, the longest 

 diameter of the pelvis of the Negro girl above-mentioned is only 

 3'_9-. inches, while the shortest is no more than 3*-j^ inches. In 

 this respect my admeasurements agree with those given by 

 Soemmering. 



" What has just been observed of the skeleton generally, and 

 of the pelvis in particular, applies with equal force to the form 

 and dimensions of the head. So far from having any trait of 

 Ethiopian character in it, this part of our mummy exhibits a 

 formation in no way differing from the European. 



" On looking at the Plate which represents with scrupulous 

 accuracy the contour of the head of the natural size, it is impos- 

 sible not to be struck with the likeness it bears to the skull of 

 the Georgian female represented in the " Decas tertia Cranio- 

 fum " of Blumenbach's very instructive collection. In both we 

 have the facial angle approaching nearly to a right angle ; and 

 the configuration of the vertex and occiput in each is such, as 

 must attract attention for its elegance, and the indication of a 

 something more important than mere beauty. 



" It may be affirmed then, that Cuvier's opinion respecting 

 the Caucasian origin of the Egyptians, founded on his examina- 

 tion of upwards of fifty heads of mummies, is corroborated by 

 the preceding observations ; and that the systems which were 

 founded on the Negro form, are destroyed by almost all the 

 recent, and certainly the most accurate investigations of this 

 interesting subject. It is a curious fact, which has been noticed 

 by more than one traveller, that whole families are to be found 

 in Upper Egypt, in whom the general character of the head and 

 face strongly resembles that of the best mummies discovered in 

 the hypogei of Thebes ; and not less so, the human figures 

 represented in the ancient monuments of that country." 



" An incision having been made into the parietes of the abdo- 

 men, just below the ribs, and continued down to the hip bone, 

 on both sides, and carried along the margin of the pubis, the 

 whole of the integuments and muscles were removed, so as to 

 expose that cavity completely to view. The objects which then 

 presented themselves were a portion of the stomach adhering to 



