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5331. The cranial part of the skull of an Australian from the vicinity of Port 

 Adelaide. 



It has been converted by the Natives into a water vessel. The sutures have been covered 

 by a bituminous substance with fragments of a nacreous shell, and a handle has been spun 

 out of some native grass and passed through the foramen magnum and the interorbital space 

 which is broken away, for the purpose of suspending this primitive work of art. The external 

 orbital angles, from their worn and polished surface, appear to have served as the spouts of 

 the vessel. From the size of the cranium, of the mastoid processes, and of the lambdoidal 

 and occipital ridges, this has belonged to a powerful male. The styliform eustachian process 

 is preserved on the left side. The zygomatic arches have been removed, and the fractured 



roots smoothly rounded off. 



Presented by Governor Sir George Grey, C.B. 



5332. The cranial part of the skull of an Australian of Port Adelaide. 



It has been converted in the same way into a drinking vessel. The eustachian processes 



are well marked. 



Presented by Governor Sir George Grey, C.B. 



5333. The cranial portion of the skull of an Australian of Port Adelaide. 



It has been similarly converted into a drinking vessel. The left squamosal joins the frontal, 

 but is separated by the junction of the parietal with the sphenoid on the right side. 



Presented by Governor Sir George Grey, C.B. 



5334. The cranial portion of an Australian of Port Adelaide. 



It has been similarly converted into a drinking vessel. The alisphenoid joins the parietal 



on both sides. 



Presented by Governor Sir George Grey, C.B. 



5335. The cranium of a female Australian, from Port Essington. 



It shows the narrow cranium, large prominent jaws, large molars, and regular curvature of 

 the upper contour of the cranium, characteristic of the Australian race, but without the pro- 

 minence of the glabella and supraorbital ridge. The last molars are still concealed in their 

 alveoli. 



Presented by J. B. Jukes, Esq., F.G.S. 



5336. The cranium of an Australian boy, from Port Essington. 



The last deciduous molar has not been shed, and the last true molar not developed : the 

 first true molars present the characteristically large size. The operation of knocking out the 

 right median incisor has already been performed, and its alveolus is obliterated. The left 

 alisphenoid joins the parietal ; a wormian ossicle is interposed in the right side. The eusta- 

 chian processes are well developed. The characteristic prominence of the glabella and supra- 

 orbital ridges has already begun to manifest itself. 



Presented by J. B. Jukes, Esq., F.G.S. 



