MONGOLE STOCK. 



273 



Skull of Mongole. 



209 



Carlsruhe, and afterward an engraver of celebrity at Rome, well exem- 

 208 plifies the Mongolian cast of counte- 



nance, as conveyed by the foregoing de- 

 scriptions. 



The peculiarities of the skull of theMon- 

 gole race (fig. 208) consist in the globular 

 form of the cranium, the flatness and width 

 of the forehead, the breadth and depressed 

 form of the face the glabella and ossa 

 nasi being placed nearly on the same 

 plane with the malar bones, which have 

 a great lateral projection, and incline 

 outward and the boldness of the zygo- 

 matic arches. The orbits are large, but 

 the superciliary ridges are very slightly marked ; the alveolar edge of 

 the jaws is obtusely arched in front, and the chin is rather prominent. 



Fig. 209, represents the skull of 

 a Chinese, in the Museum of the 

 Royal College of Surgeons. The 

 general contour is globular ; the or- 

 bits are ample, and their inner and 

 lower angles approach each other, 

 encroaching on the sides of the 

 nose, while the superior inner angle 

 is gently rounded ; the lachrymal 

 canal is very large, and open; the 

 cheek-bones project, being greatly 

 developed, and inclined outward at 

 the lower margin ; the forehead is narrow^ and somewhat elevated ; so 

 that a line, following the direction of each cheek-bone, just touches 



the sides of the forehead, and, meet- 

 ing above, describes the form of a 

 pyramid ; a transverse line drawn 

 across the face, from angle to an- 

 gle, of the cheek-bones being its 

 base, A . The zygoma sweeps boldly 

 outward, with a round arch. The 

 breadth of the skull, between the 

 temporal bones, is great ; and also 

 between the mastoid processes. In 

 an Esquimaux skull (imperfect), in 

 the Museum of the Royal College, 

 of Surgeons (fig. 210), the same essential features are presented. 



Skull of Chinese. 



210 



Skull of Esquiumux. 



