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would be thrown in again with the rest of the earth, on or above the 

 body. These facts woukl seem to be self-evident, yet they apparently 

 received no consideration in this instance. 



Examination op the Skeletal Remains 



The examination of the skeletal parts resulted as follows: 



Malacara, or Moro, slceleton No. 1. — The remains representing this 

 skeleton consist of a skull and a number of more or less eroded and 

 defective bones. The skull is that of a middle-aged female, and the 

 bones are probably from the same individual. 



The skull (pis. 30-32) is not deformed. Cemented earth (not tosca) 

 adheres to the surface along the sagittal and along parts of the lamb- 

 doid suture, forming a lump 0.3 mm. to about 3 mm. in thickness, on 

 upper part of anterior half of right parietal. Ventrally, there are 

 small scattered remnants of similar hardened loess-like earth. 



The walls of the skull are rather thin and of nearly ordinary weight, 

 though probably somewhat lacking in animal matter. 



The left parietal presents slightly posterior to the coronal and along 

 the anterior third of the sagittal suture, a noticeable bulging, approxi- 

 mately 3.5 mm. long by 2 mm. broad, with a small circular perfora- 

 tion in its anterior portion. This swelling corresponds to two 

 depressions in the ventral surface of the parietal, produced appar- 

 ently by moderate-sized tumors or abnormal growths of some nature. 

 Two somewhat similar depressions are seen more posteriorly, one on 

 each side, but these do not affect the outer wall. 



The frontal bone presents a slender and long nasal process, the 

 nasion lying 11.5 mm. below the line connecting the highest parts of 

 the orbital borders. The minimum breadth of the process (i. e., 

 interorbital distance) is 2.05 cm. 



The nasion depression is shallow, the glabella of only moderate 

 prominence. The supraorbital ridges are somewhat above the 

 medium for a female, without reaching the average of males, and 

 extend over the median half of the supraorbital space on each side. 

 A shallow depression, such as frequently seen in modern Indian crania, 

 extends from side to side abqve the supraorbital ridges. Over the 

 outer part of the orbits the surface of the frontal slopes backward in 

 the usual way. There is no approach to a supraorbital arch. 



The forehead is well built; shows no separate frontal eminences, only 

 one large median convexity. There is no frontal or sagittal crest. 



The parietal eminences are large but dull. Outline of norma supe- 

 rior is ovoid, that of norma posterior pentagonal, with low summit. 



The temporal crests are not pronounced; their nearest approach 

 to the sagittal suture is to within 4.9 cm. on the right and 4.5 cm. 

 on the left side. 



