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had been entirely closed before death, but there are some traces of 

 the intermaxillary still visible upon the palate. The palate is well 

 formed, deep, and elliptical. The wisdom-teeth alone have escaped 

 degradation through wear, and as the entire set of teeth is present 

 in the lower jaw and is similarly worn, this fact shows that this 

 woman lived upon a coarse or ill-prepared diet. 



The measurements of the bones and other points upon which the 

 preceding statements are based are as follows : — 



Measurements of the Cissbury Skeleton. 

 Skull. 

 Cub. inches. 



Cubic capacity . . . 105 

 Circumference . . . . 21-3 

 Extreme length. . . .7-7 

 Glabello-inial length . . . 7-4 

 Extreme breadth . . • 5 # 7 

 Vertical height . . . 5*85 



Absolute height . . .5-6 

 Least frontal width . . • 3*9 

 Greatest frontal width . . 5 

 Frontal arc . . . . 5»i 

 Parietal arc . . . . 6 

 Occipital arc .... 5 

 Height of orbit . . . • 1*3 

 Width of orbit . . . . 1-55 

 Length of nose . . . 2 

 Width of nose .... 0-9 

 Width of root of nose . . 0-85 

 Length of face .... 3 

 Interangular diameter of lower 

 jaw 3.4 



Cub. inches. 

 Depth of lower jaw at symphysis 1-4 

 Width of ascending ramus . 1-45 

 Interzygomatic width, approxi- 

 mative^ . . . .4-6 

 Cephalic index . . -74 



Antero-posterior index x . . .53 



Orbital index 83 



Nasal index . . . -45 



Distance from foramen occipit. 



to fronto-nasal suture . . 4 

 Distance from foramen occipit. 



to nasal spine . . • 3*75 

 Distance from foramen occipit. 

 to alveolar edge . . .4 



Basilar angle . . . • 2 3° 

 Facial angles, taken with M. 

 Broca's goniometer, to root 

 of nasal spine . . . 68° 

 „ to alveolar edge . . . 65 



Femur 



Tibia 



Humerus . 



Radius 



Right clavicle 



Left clavicle 



Transverse diameter from pelvis 



Long Bones. 



Transverse diameter between 

 most distant parts of ilia . 9-1 



Length of scapula from glenoid 

 fossa to vertebral border along 

 spine 3*9 



Length along lower margin . 4-6 



15-8 

 12-5 



?i-3 



8-6 

 4-8 



5-4 

 3-8 



See 'Journal of Institute,' Oct. 1875, vol. v. p. 149- 



