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which increases the height out of all proportion, rendered the for 

 mula useless. A special formula would probably have to be devised 

 for the Eskimo. 



TABLE 4 



ESKIMO CRANIA FROM POINT BARROW, ALASKA 

 Measurements as to Capacity 



Note. The figure for capacity is the average of three measurements taken on 

 each skull, using no. 8 shot. 



The circumferences are, respectively, horizontal, including and not including 



glabella. In the infantile and adolescent series, owing to the lack of development of 



the orbital ridges, the Orphryanic measurement slightly exceeds that in the inter-orbital 



ne. The transverse arc is measured from the upper margin of the auditory meatus. 



