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covered in coprolite diggings, in the excavation of tumuli &c., 

 is what would now be described as below the mean, though taller 

 individuals are by no means absent. Physical development 

 was not very different from that of the modern East Anglian 

 peasant, though perhaps the evidence of the excavations 

 made in search of flint at Grimes' Graves, and the proportions 

 of the primitive picks of stag's horn used by the early workers 

 there, points to the occurrence of individuals, or even to a tribe 

 of persons, of very slight stature, and almost pygmy propor- 

 tions. Against this we have plenty of examples of stout 

 massive bones, as a particular case of which, the skeleton 

 found associated with late Roman pottery at Horningsea may 

 be cited, or the fine male skeleton discovered in the exca- 

 vation of the War-Ditches at Fulbourn (Chen-yam ton). The 

 differences then, which separated the (probably) Belgic Iceni 

 from the contemporary Girvii were presumably those of 

 stature, and of external characters, such as the complexion, 

 and the colour of the hair and eyes, the former tribes being- 

 ruddy in all probability, while the latter are supposed to have 

 resembled the small dark-haired, dark-eyed Welsh and Shet- 

 land types. In conclusion it may not be out of place to 

 append to this section of our account a sketch-map (no. I.) 

 with indications of the localities whence the skulls in the Uni- 

 versity Museum were obtained, with a concise table shewing 

 the general form of the skull in the several localities : and 

 though exact dating is well-nigh impossible, it is fairly certain 

 that the skulls referred to belong with but one or two excep- 

 tions to periods anterior to the Norman Conquest. With 

 this our task is at an end. The hope is expressed, in con- 

 clusion, that this sketch either may stimulate some to examine 

 the actual sites in the neighbourhood, or at least may provide 

 definite reasons for visits to our University Museums of local 

 Ethnology or of Anatomy. 





