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of life, long, flat, and low, from, probably, very much such a skull 

 as Swell vi. 2, 5 ; so that it is possible enough that these two skulls 

 may have belonged to a mother and a daughter. The adult female 

 humeri imperforated. 



Under this label came also the bones of a strong male subject, 

 many of which were exostotic. 



Swell vi. (2, 5). — This calvaria probably belonged to a woman in 

 the middle period of life. All the bones are of considerable thick- 

 ness, but the skull does not bear the appearance of old age in other 

 respects. Under it, however, are the bones of a much older and 

 stronger subject (sex?). To it probably belongs an upper jaw 

 which had lost no teeth during life, though some are much worn, 

 and in which no wisdom teeth have been developed. 



Ext. length . . . .7-4 Ceph. index . . . • 7-2 



Ext. breadth . . . . 5.3 | Glabello-inial . . . .6-8 



There is a furrow developed along the posterior two-fifths of 

 the sagittal suture ; and in this respect, as in the more significant 

 one of its elongato-oval vertical contour, and its fairly rounded-out 

 outlines, as also in its relative lowness, so far as can be approxima- 

 tively made out, this skull resembles the dolichocephalic form so 

 common at Frilford, and in other Romano-British cemeteries. I 

 have seen similar skulls in Dr. Thurnam's collection from Tilshead, 

 West Kennet, and Nympsfield, but they are not common in early 

 British cemeteries. 



A bone of a pig came with these bones, as also parts of 

 another and older human subject, distinct from either, under 

 label vi. 2, 4. 



At knees of 4, another body, 5, apparently on right side, head 

 to E.S.E., hands to f°ce, only one piece of lower jaw. 



Swell vi. (2, 6) : — 



Ext. length . . . .7-7 



Ext. breadth (approx.) . . 5-6 



Vert, height . . . . 6-i 



Ceph. index (approx.) . . 74 



Glabello-inial length . . 7 



Frontal arc . . . -5-7 

 Parietal arc . . . . 6-1 

 Occipital arc .... 4*9 



Calvaria with upper and lower jaws of man in middle period of 

 life. The sagittal suture is entirely obliterated internally. The 

 teeth, some of which had been lost during life, though none are 

 carious, are a good deal worn. The mentum is characteristically 

 triangular, but not prominent. The foramen mentale is in the 



