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as to permit of the measurements recorded being taken (Table I.). 

 Synostosis has commenced at the obelion. The upper jaw is eden- 

 tulous behind the first premolar teeth, also in the lower jaw, the left 

 canine and second premolar teeth, and both first and third molars 

 have been removed during life, and the alveolar process has become 

 absorbed. The crowns of the remaining teeth are worn quite flat. 

 The skull is that of an aged male, with its muscular ridges and crests 

 feebly developed. 



Norma verticalis. The outline of this view is a broad oval. 

 There is flattening at the vertex, and the breadth is relatively great, 

 so that the length-breadth index is 83 - 6. The nasal bones and zygo- 

 matic arches are concealed. 



Norma lateralis. The nasion is somewhat depressed, while the 

 glabella is faintly marked. The thickness of the skull at the level of 

 the glabella is only 10 mm. From the glabella the frontal arc rises 

 up with a uniform steep curve to the bregma ; from the obelion to the 

 occipital point there is flattening. There is some projection of the 

 occipital pole. The breadth-height index is 9O5. 



Norma occipitalis. This view is square looking : the parietal 

 eminences are well marked, and there is only very slight bulging of 

 the lateral walls of the cranium. 



Norma farialis. There is no prognathism, the gnathic index 

 being 95. The face is short and relatively broad, the orbital margins 

 are fine, and the orbital index is microseme. The nasal bones are 

 delicate and slender, while the nasal aperture is somewhat narrow 

 and pyriform, with an index of 46 '9. 



Non/iir Ixixilmis. The palate is slightly elliptical in outline. The 

 tuberosities of the maxillae are small, and the glenoid fossas deep. 



Lo'wer Jaw. The lower jaw is complete, and is a rather delicate 

 but well-formed bone. The oblique lines are well developed, especi- 

 ally the inner one, which projects inwards as an overhanging shelf. 

 The various nerve foramina are very large. The angle of the ramus 

 is 119. 



Thus the skull is broad and relatively low. There is no pro- 



