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fe an unusually deep vascular groove immediately behind 

 the coronal suture, which, as it terminates in a foramen, no 

 doubt transmitted a vena einissaria. The course of the 

 frontal suture is indicated externally by a slight ridge ; and 

 where it joins the coronal, this ridge rises into a small 

 protuberance. The course of the sagittal suture is grooved, 

 and above the angle of the occipital bone the parietals are 

 depressed. 



mm.* 

 The length of the skull from the nasal 



process of the frontal over the vertex 



to the superior semicircular lines of the 



occipital measures .... 303 (300) = 12.0*. 

 Circumference over the orbital ridges and 



the superior semicircular lines of the 



occipital 590 (590) = 23.37' or 23'. 



Width of the frontal from the middle of 



the temporal line on one side to the 



same point on the opposite . . 104 (114) = 4.1' 4.5*. 

 Length of the frontal from the nasal pro- 

 cess to the coronal suture . . .133 (125) = 5.25' 5*. 

 Extreme width of the frontal sinuses . 25 (23) = 1.0* 0.9*. 

 Vertical height above a line joining the 



deepest notches in the squamous border 



of the parietals 70 =2.75'. 



Width of hinder part of skull from one 



parietal protuberance to the other . 138 (150) = 5.4' 5.9'. 

 Distance from the upper angle of the 



occipital to the superior semicircular 



lines 51 (60) = 1.9' 2.4'. 



Thickness of the bone at the parietal 



protuberance 8. 



at the angle of the occipital . 9. 



at the superior semicircular line of 



the occipital 10 =0.3*. 



"Besides the cranium, the following bones have been 

 secured : 



"1. Both thigh-bones, perfect. These, like the skull, 

 and all the other bones, are characterized by their un- 

 usual thickness, and the great development of all the 

 elevations and depressions for the attachment of muscles. 

 In the Anatomical Museum at Bonn, under the designa- 

 tion of * Giant's-bones,' are some recent thigh-bones, 



* The numbers in brackets are those which I should assign to the 

 different measures, as taken from the plaster cast. G. B. 



