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the great breadth of face, the alveolar prognathism, 

 the enormous development of the ascending ramus of 

 the lower jaw, the extent and roughness of the muscu- 

 lar insertions, especially of the masticatory muscles, 

 give rise to the idea of a violent and brutal race." 



He adds that this apparent antithesis, seen also 

 in the limbs, as well as the skull, accords with the 

 evidence furnished by the associated weapons and 



PROFILE VIEW OF SAME SKULL. 

 Both the Hochelagan skulls are from photographs by Henderson, of Montreal. 



implements of a rude hunter life, and at the same 

 time of no mean degree of taste and skill in carving 

 and other arts. He might have added that this is 

 precisely the antithesis seen in the American tribes, 

 among whom art and taste of various kinds, and much 

 that is high and spiritual even in thought, co- existed 

 with barbarous modes of life and intense ferocity and 



