82 KELIQTJDE AQUITANICJE. 



collection, belonging to an individual of the Mongoloid brachycephalie type and of small stature, of the 

 Age of the Reindeer. 



Lastly, there is the head of a femur, also small, which fits the acetabulum of the pelvis " e," and without doubt 

 belongs to it. The circumference of this articular head is 140, its height 31, and its breadth 42 millims. 



To sum up : Though the first three pelves agree as to their size and morphology, it is not so with the 

 last, which appears to indicate, in every point, the presence of a woman of short stature. Are we to 

 conclude that there was also a different cranial form ? Possibly ; but we must look to other facts to enable 

 us to pronounce on this subject. 



2. LOWER EXTREMITY. 

 a. Femur. [C. PLATE VI. fig. 2.] 



The two femurs which certainly belong to the Old Man are very remarkable. Wanting their ends, they 

 are nevertheless evidently very massive, and also much -curved from before backwards in the upper part ; the 

 linea aspera also, flattened on its free edge, has been excessively developed ; for after the point where it rises 

 from the body of the femur it projects to the extent of 16 millims. The lateral curvature is also more 

 considerable than in other cases. After the upper third the shaft is compressed laterally ; and, lastly, 

 quite a lip here constitutes the posterior edge of the inner surface, a peculiarity which occurs in all the 

 femurs of these skeletons. 



On the left femur there is below the outer surface a depression due to the loss of substance, either from 

 injury or superficial caries. We may also remark that the linea aspera, in spite of its excessive develop- 

 ment, disappears entirely at its lower end. 



These bones without their ends have a length of 40 centimetres (15-74 inches) ; hence their total length 

 must have been at least 50 centims. (19-685 inches). Taking in the linea aspera, the greatest width is 

 40 millims. (1-57 inch), though the thickness at the same point reaches only 28 millims. (1-1 inch). The 

 circumference of the shaft is 11 centims. (4-33 inches) above, and 14 centims. (5-5 inches) below. 



Another right femur, without its ends, and probably female, is less massive. The linea aspera, although 

 very prominent, is less developed than in the foregoing specimens, and its lower end is well produced. The 

 curvature forward is at the middle of the shaft, and the lateral curve is on the outside instead of being on 

 the inside. The length of the shaft is 38 centims. (15-55 inches), and its thickness 25 centims. (9-84 inches) ; 

 its circumference at top is 105 and below 125 millims. (5-315 in. and 4-921 in.). 



There is also a fragment of a femoral shaft which must be feminine. It is laterally compressed ; its 

 linea aspera is less prominent and flatter than in the others. The antero-posterior curvature is at top, 

 and the lateral curve outwards. The greatest width is 31, and the thickness 25 millims. 



Lastly, a fragment of the shaft of a left thigh-bone consists of an upper third, much compressed laterally. 

 Its circumference is 98 millimetres; at the same point in the foregoing the circumference is 98, and in 

 that of the Old Man it is 106 millims. 



Altogether there exist evidently fragments of thigh-bones belonging to four individuals ; for the last 

 three fragments do not correspond. 



Of two lower ends of femurs, one of the left side belonged probably to a woman, and another, of the 

 opposite side, to a man. On the former the crest of the linea aspera appears to be little developed, contrary 

 to what is seen in the other. The breadth of the articulation is 74 millims. in the former, and at least 

 80 millims. in the hitter, which has lost the inner face of the condyle. The circumference above the joint is 

 150 and 160 millims. 



