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obeliou. There is no projection of the occipital pole. The frontal 

 arc is longer than the parietal arc. 



XoniKt Ocripitalis. This is high and forms a somewhat rounded 

 pentagonal with the greatest breadth high up on the parietal bones. 



\onini Fri<(li*. The face is low and broad, while the malar 

 bones are not prominent. There is a complete absence of prog- 

 nathism. The orbits are distinctly microseme, with the low index of 

 7i>. The nasal aperture has a breadth so great as to be almost platy- 

 rhine. 



BONES OF TRUNK. There are the bodies of two dorsal vertebrae 

 and an almost complete last lumbar vertebra, the anterior vertical 

 diameter of which is 28 mm. and the posterior diameter 22 mm. 

 The base of the sacrum measures 120 mm. across. 



BONES OF EXTREMITIES. The right humerus is broken but the 

 left is quite complete. The head of the bone is large and globular 

 with well-developed tuberosities. The whole bone is rather stout 

 but very short, its total length being only 297 mm. Both radii are 

 intact and are also short well-marked bones : they have the usual 

 relative proportion to length of humerus. 



The right femur is broken but the left is almost complete ; it is 

 a very short bone with a maximum length of 42:3 mm. 



There is also part of the shaft of a left tibia, which shows a 

 marked degree of platycnemia. 



This skeleton would have belonged to a male with a high and 

 extremely broad head, narrow orbits and broad nose. 



The stature as calculated from the femur would have been only 

 just 5 feet 1 inch. 



4. PERSLEY SHOUT CIST. 



1 " Contents of short cist found at Persley Quarry in 18t5H." 

 This cist contained the skeleton of a male, an urn of the " drink- 

 ing-vessel " type and two Hint knives or scrapers. 



SKULL. The left side of the calvaria is wanting in a line near 



1 Museum label. 



