KDLIOU] ! I I \l. Ill M \!NS 



ni:i\ill:i. iiml lit.- ln\\i-r ja\\. Tlif ba-ilar proce-vx an. I tin- antra of 

 'i more -h<w MUM.- lirinly adhering material referred in as gravel. 

 and in many plan-- the -|>e<-imrii lias remnants of a coating (0.25 to 

 !.." nun. thick) of apparently calcareous stalagmite. 



Tin- general somatological asjicct of the skull is in no way extraor- 

 dinary. It i- plainly a male skull and |H-|,,II^,.,| i,, an individual of 

 advanced years, hut not of extreme age. In form it was in all prob- 

 ability mesocephalic, and of medium height. The face was only mod- 

 erately broad for a male: its height can not lx ascertained on account 

 of an advanced Absorption of the np|>er alveolar protvss. hut was 

 apparently in no respect unusual. The nose is very slightly plat- 

 yrhynic (nasal index r>tt.5), a form that occurs quite commonly 

 among Indian crania: and the orhits (with hreadth measure<l from 

 dan-yon) are megaseme (index of right 5>.">, of left 5)1). a condition 

 not infrequent among Indians. Facial prognatiuam was insignifi- 

 cant : aveolar |>rognathism can not IK' determined. 



The forehead is of medium height and prominence, showing no 

 sloping such as might lie expected in a male skull of a low form. The 

 temporal ridges are not pronounced or high. The supraorhital 

 ridges are stfcmg. hut not more so than in some modern masculine 

 Indian crania: they extend, however, along the whole superior 

 U>rder of the orhits, a much less common form. The glal>ella is a 

 little less prominent than the ridges; as a result of this formation 

 there is l>etween the latter a shallow depression. 



The face is somewhat damaged, hut permits of a iiumlx*r of desir- 

 able determinations. The nasion depression is pronounced: there is 

 nothing peculiar alxnit the nasal bridge or Ixmes: the nasal ajx>rture 

 i- pyriform, with the left notch somewhat lower than the right: 

 there are shallow nasal gutters (not rare in the Indian) : and the 

 spine was well developed. The orhits are slightly ovoid in shape. 

 their distal part lx>ing higher than the proximal, and deep: their 

 borders are not sharp. The malar- are of ordinary form and mod- 

 erate -i/.e. not unusually protruding: the marginal process is jiot 

 large: the xvgonue are strong: the submalar ("canine") fossa 1 are 

 fairlv well hollowed. The upjx'r alveolar Iwirder -how- a loss of all 

 the teeth and in front an advanced alveolar absorption (to within 

 11 mm. of the nasal notch on the right, and to within even a shorter 

 di-tancu on the left, side) : but as an indication of age these condi- 

 tion- do not agree with the state of the sutures, and are there- 

 fore probably of pathological origin. The palate offers nothing 



iilional. 



What remain- of the temporal Ixmcs presents ordinary features, 

 with a medium-H/.ed masculine mastoid. 



A for the \\\\^>, the glenoid cavities are deep and rather narrow 

 anter.i |M,-i,-riorly : their are high spinous, and quite high vaginal, 



