310 ON SOME FOSSIL REMAINS OF MAN 



with which in thickness the foregoing pretty nearly corre- 

 spond, although they are shorter. 



Giant's bones. Fossil bones. 



mm. mm. 



Length 542 = 21.4' ..438 = 17.4' 



Diameter of head of femur . .54= 2.14'.. 53= 2.0* 



of lower articular end, from 



one condyle to the other . .89= 3.5'.. 87= 3.4' 

 Diameter of femur in the middle . 33= 1.2' ..30= 1.1' 



"2. A perfect right humerus, whose size shows that it 

 belongs to the thigh-bones. 



mm. 



Length 312 = 12.3' 



Thickness in the middle . . .26= 1.0' 

 Diameter of head 49= 1.9' 



" Also a perfect right radius of corresponding dimensions, 

 and the upper-third of a right ulna corresponding to the 

 humerus and radius. 



" 3. A left humerus, r of which the upper-third is wanting, 

 and which is so much slenderer than the right as apparently 

 to belong to a distinct individual ; a left ulna, which, 

 though complete, is pathologically deformed, the coronoid 

 process being so much enlarged by bony growth, that 

 flexure of the elbow beyond a right angle must have been 

 impossible ; the anterior fossa of the humerus for the 

 reception of the coronoid process being also filled up with 

 a similar bony growth. At the same time, the olecranon 

 is curved strongly downwards. As the bone presents no 

 sign of rachitic degeneration, it may be supposed that an 

 injury sustained during life was the cause of the anchylosis. 

 When the left ulna is compared with the right radius, it 

 might at first sight be concluded that the bones respectively 

 belonged to different individuals, the ulna being more than 

 half an inch too short for articulation with a corresponding 

 radius. But it is clear that this shortening, as well as the 

 attenuation of the left humerus, are both consequent upon 

 the pathological condition above described. 



"4. A left ilium, almost perfect, and belonging to the 

 femur ; a fragment of the right scapula ; the anterior 

 extremity of a rib of the right side ; and the same part 

 of a rib of the left side ; the hinder part of a rib of the 

 right side ; and, lastly, two hinder portions and one middle 

 portion of ribs, which, from their unusually rounded shape, 



