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II. Iroquois : 



TABLE VIII. TWO MALES, ONE FEMALE. 



The sum of the anterior measurements of the lumbar 

 vertebras in the two males is 128 mm., and 129 mm., 

 the sum of the posterior measurements 131 mm., and 

 139 mm. ; similar measurements in the female are 129 

 and 125 mm. In both males the anterior depths of the 

 first, second, third and fourth lumbars are less than the 

 posterior depths ; in the female this is true of the first 

 three vertebra? only. 



III. Mounds of Ohio 



1. OREGONIA. TABLE IX. SEVEN MALES. 



The variation in the o-eneral lum])ar index for Oreso- 

 nia skeletons is very small, the maximum index being 

 103.4, the minimum 98. As in the North-west Indians 



